160th meridian west

Line of longitude August 2025 -160 The meridian 160° west 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, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 160th meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 20th meridian east. It is the western boundary of continuous Class E airspace between 14, 500 feet and 18,000 feet MSL (Mean Sea Level) over Alaska.Aeronautical Information Manual - AIM - Controlled Airspace https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap3_section_2.html 2020-11-13 www.faa.gov en From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 160th meridian west passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 160 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 34 N 160 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 70 40 N 160 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58 53 N 160 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bristol Bay |- | 56 29 N 160 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Alaska Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 48 N 160 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Karpa Island, Alaska, (at 55 31 N 160 1 W type:isle Karpa Island) Passing just east of Andronica Island, Alaska, (at 55 19 N 160 1 W type:isle Andronica Island) |- | 55 12 N 160 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Nagai Island |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 2 N 160 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, (at 22 1 N 159 48 W type:isle Kauai) Passing just east of the island of Niihau, Hawaii, (at 21 59 N 160 3 W type:isle Niihau) Passing just east of Jarvis Island, (at 0 23 S 160 1 W type:isle Jarvis Island) Passing just west of Aitutaki island, (at 18 54 S 159 50 W type:isle Aitutaki) Passing just west of Rarotonga island, (at 21 12 S 159 49 W type:isle Rorotonga) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 160 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 77 59 S 160 0 W type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 159th meridian west 161st meridian west References collapsed w160 meridian west