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137th meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 137° 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 137th meridian west forms a great circle with the 43rd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 137th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 137 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 15 N 137 0 W type:waterbody Beaufort Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Beaufort Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 68 55 N 137 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Yukon British Columbia — from 60 0 N 137 0 W type:adm1st British Columbia
|-
| 59 5 N 137 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58 25 N 137 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 18 18 S 137 0 W type:country French Polynesia
! scope="row" |
| Pukarua atoll
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18 22 S 137 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Tenararo atoll, (at 21 18 S 136 45 W type:isle Tenararo) Passing just east of Morane atoll, (at 23 9 S 137 6 W type:isle Morane)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 137 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 74 43 S 137 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|-
|}
See also
136th meridian west
138th meridian west
References
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