162nd meridian east

Line of longitude June 2025 162 The meridian 162° 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 162nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 18th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian east 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 162 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 51 N 162 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the Medvyezhi Islands, Sakha Republic, (at 70 40 N 162 0 E type:isle Medvyezhi Islands) |-valign="top" | 69 33 N 162 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 68 21 N 162 0 E type:adm1st Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Magadan Oblast — from 64 48 N 162 0 E type:adm1st Magadan Oblast |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61 22 N 162 0 E type:waterbody Sea of Okhotsk ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Penzhin Bay |- | 60 26 N 162 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 55 N 162 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 54 58 N 162 0 E type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54 42 N 162 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Enewetak atoll, (at 11 30 N 162 5 E type:isle Enewetak) Passing just east of the island of Ulawa, (at 9 42 S 161 59 E type:isle Ulawa) Passing just east of the island of Malaupaina, (at 10 14 S 161 59 E type:isle Malaupaina) |- | 10 29 S 162 0 E type:country Solomon Islands ! scope="row" | | Island of Makira |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10 48 S 162 0 E type:waterbody Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 27 28 S 162 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 162 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Young Island, Balleny Islands, claimed by (at 66 20 S 162 7 E type:isle Malaupaina) |- | 70 23 S 162 0 E type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 161st meridian east 163rd meridian east References collapsed e162 meridian east