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153rd meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 153° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 1 July 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 153rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 27th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 153rd meridian west passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 153 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 54 N 153 0 W type:waterbody Beaufort Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Beaufort Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 70 54 N 153 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 48 N 153 0 W type:waterbody Cook Inlet
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Cook Inlet
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58 45 N 153 0 W type:waterbody Shelikof Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikof Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Cape Douglas, Alaska, (at 58 51 N 143 14 W type:landmark Cape Douglas)
|-valign="top"
| 58 18 N 153 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Afognak Island, Raspberry Island, Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57 7 N 153 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Rimatara island, (at 22 38 S 152 52 W type:isle Rimatara)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 153 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 15 S 153 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|}
See also
152nd meridian west
154th meridian west
References
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