168th meridian west

Line of longitude August 2025 -168 The meridian 168° 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 168th meridian west forms a great circle with the 12th meridian east. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 168th meridian west passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" width="120" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 168 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 49 N 168 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66 33 N 168 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 65 43 N 168 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Seward Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65 33 N 168 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of King Island, Alaska, (at 64 58 N 168 2 W type:isle King Island) |- | 53 33 N 168 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Umnak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 53 19 N 168 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Rose Atoll, (at 14 33 S 168 9 W type:isle Rose Atoll) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 168 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 78 28 S 168 0 W type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 167th meridian west 169th meridian west References collapsed w168 meridian west