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163rd meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 163° 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 163rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 17th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd meridian west 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 163 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 42 N 163 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 69 46 N 163 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67 2 N 163 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kotzebue Sound
|-
| 66 5 N 163 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Seward Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64 33 N 163 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norton Sound
|-
| 63 5 N 163 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 53 N 163 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska, (at 55 25 N 163 7 W type:isle Amak Island)
|-
| 55 14 N 163 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 4 N 163 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska, (at 54 40 N 163 3 W type:isle Unimak Island) Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska, (at 54 27 N 162 50 W type:isle Sanak Island) Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll, (at 13 26 S 163 2 W type:isle Suwarrow) Passing just east of Palmerston Island, (at 18 4 S 163 9 W type:isle Palmerston Island)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 163 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 12 S 163 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
162nd meridian west
164th meridian west
References
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