171st meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 171 The meridian 171° 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 171st meridian east forms a great circle with the 9th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 171st 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 171 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 41 N 171 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 70 5 N 171 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 62 17 N 171 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 31 N 171 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 53 30 N 171 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Mejit, (at 10 17 N 170 53 E type:isle Mejit) |- | 8 53 N 171 0 E type:country Marshall Islands ! scope="row" | | Maloelap Atoll |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 8 39 N 171 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Aur Atoll, (at 8 13 N 171 1 E type:isle Aur) Passing just west of Majuro Atoll, (at 7 8 N 171 2 E type:isle Majuro) |- | 42 41 S 171 0 E type:country New Zealand ! scope="row" | | South Island — passing just east of the town of Oamaru (at 45 4 N 170 58 E type:city Oamaru) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45 5 S 171 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 171 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 77 20 S 171 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 170th meridian east 172nd meridian east References collapsed e171 meridian east