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165th meridian east
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Line of longitude
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The meridian 165° east of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 165th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 15th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 165th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 165 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 8 N 165 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 69 34 N 165 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 64 41 N 165 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 50 N 165 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Karaginsky Island, Kamchatka Krai, (at 59 2 N 164 44 E type:isle Karaginsky Island)
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 35 N 165 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Bikini Atoll, (at 11 35 N 165 12 E type:isle Bikini Atoll)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10 15 S 165 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 20 42 S 165 0 E type:country New Caledonia
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21 22 S 165 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 24 56 S 165 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 165 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Sturge Island, Balleny Islands, claimed by (at 67 33 S 164 49 E type:isle Sturge Island)
|-
| 70 36 S 165 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 34 S 165 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ross Sea
|-
| 77 54 S 165 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
164th meridian east
166th meridian east
References
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