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167th meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 167° 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 167th meridian west forms a great circle with the 13th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 167th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" width="120" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 48 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Point Hope, Alaska, (at 68 21 N 166 50 W type:landmark Point Hope)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66 33 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 66 0 N 167 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Seward Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65 22 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 60 13 N 167 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Nunivak Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 59 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 53 57 N 167 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Unalaska Island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 53 25 N 167 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | The meridian defines the eastern maritime boundary of the from 8 0 S 167 0 W to 23 0 S 167 0 W
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 167 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 28 S 167 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
166th meridian west
168th meridian west
References
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