172nd meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 172 The meridian 172° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 172nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 8th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 172nd meridian east passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 172 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 27 N 172 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 69 59 N 172 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 62 26 N 172 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 53 N 172 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 53 5 N 172 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Arno Atoll, (at 7 7 N 171 56 E type:isle Arno Atoll) |- | 6 13 N 172 0 E type:country Marshall Islands ! scope="row" | | Mili Atoll |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 6 2 N 172 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Hunter Island, (claimed by ) (at 22 24 S 172 5 E type:isle Hunter Island) Passing just west of the Three Kings Islands, (at 34 10 S 172 2 E type:isle Three Kings Islands) |- | 41 26 S 172 0 E type:country New Zealand ! scope="row" | | South Island – West Coast and Canterbury regions |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 43 58 S 172 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 172 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 77 26 S 172 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 171st meridian east 173rd meridian east References collapsed e172 meridian east