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156th meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 156° 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 156th meridian west forms a great circle with the 24th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 156th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 156 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 71 11 N 156 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57 33 N 156 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Chirikof Island, Alaska, (at 55 54 N 155 33 W type:isle Chirikof Island)
|-
| 20 48 N 156 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Hawaii — Maui island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 20 42 N 156 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ʻAlenuihāhā Channel
|-
| 19 49 N 156 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Hawaii — Hawaii island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 19 38 N 156 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Starbuck Island, (at 5 37 S 155 56 W type:isle Starbuck Island)The meridian defines the eastern maritime boundary of the from 8 0 S 156 0 W to 23 0 S 156 0 W
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 156 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 7 S 156 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
155th meridian west
157th meridian west
References
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