161st meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 161 The meridian 161° 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, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 161st meridian east forms a great circle with the 19th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 161st 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 161 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 6 N 161 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the Medvyezhi Islands, Sakha Republic, (at 70 50 N 161 0 E type:isle Medvyezhi Islands) |-valign="top" | 69 35 N 161 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 68 16 N 161 0 E type:adm1st Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Magadan Oblast — from 65 10 N 161 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 54 N 161 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Penzhin Bay |- | 59 42 N 161 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54 35 N 161 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Ujelang Atoll, (at 9 46 N 160 59 E type:isle Ujelang) |- | 8 38 S 161 0 E type:country Solomon Islands ! scope="row" | | Island of Malaita |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 9 16 S 161 0 E type:waterbody Solomon Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Solomon Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Guadalcanal, (at 9 51 S 160 50 E type:isle Guadalcanal) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 37 S 161 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 28 18 S 161 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 161 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 70 19 S 161 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 160th meridian east 162nd meridian east References collapsed e161 meridian east