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157th meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 157° 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 157th meridian west forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates
! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 157 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 71 12 N 157 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56 54 N 157 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 56 33 N 157 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Sutwik Island
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56 32 N 157 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Semidi Islands, Alaska, (at 56 11 N 156 49 W type:isle Semidi Islands)
|-
| 21 11 N 157 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Hawaii — Molokai island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21 5 N 157 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kalohi Channel
|-
| 20 56 N 157 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Hawaii — Lanai island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 20 50 N 157 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 157 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 20 S 157 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
156th meridian west
158th meridian west
References
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