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176th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 176° 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 176th meridian east forms a great circle with the 4th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 176th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 176 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72 29 N 176 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 69 52 N 176 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62 15 N 176 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Buldir Island, Alaska, (at 52 21 N 175 58 E type:isle Buldir Island)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 52 20 N 176 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 1 20 S 176 0 E type:country Kiribati
! scope="row" |
| Beru Island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 1 22 S 176 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Tamana, (at 2 31 S 175 59 E type:isle Tamana) Passing just west of the island of Nanumea, (at 5 39 S 176 4 E type:isle Nanumea)
|-valign="top"
| 37 29 S 176 0 E type:country New Zealand
! scope="row" |
| Matakana Island and North Island — passing through the country's largest lake, Lake Taupō (at 38 45 S 176 0 E type:waterbody Lake Taupo)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 41 10 S 176 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 176 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 43 S 176 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency — claimed by
|-
|}
See also
175th meridian east
177th meridian east
References
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