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174th meridian east
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 174° 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, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 174th meridian east forms a great circle with the 6th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 174th meridian east passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 174 0 E type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72 58 N 174 0 E type:waterbody East Siberian Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 69 51 N 174 0 E type:country Russia
! scope="row" |
| Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 62 27 N 174 0 E type:adm1st Kamchatka Krai
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61 42 N 174 0 E type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 52 44 N 174 0 E type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Nizki Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 52 43 N 174 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Abemama atoll, (at 0 20 N 173 57 E type:isle Abemama)
|-
| 35 7 S 174 0 E type:country New Zealand
! scope="row" |
| North Island — North Auckland Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 36 16 S 174 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 39 5 S 174 0 E type:country New Zealand
! scope="row" |
| North Island — passing just west of the city of New Plymouth (at 39 4 S 174 4 E type:city New Plymouth)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 39 33 S 174 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 40 55 S 174 0 E type:country New Zealand
! scope="row" |
| South Island — passing just east of the town of Blenheim (at 4 31 S 173 58 E type:city Blenheim)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 42 0 S 174 0 E type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 174 0 E type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 34 S 174 0 E type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency — claimed by
|-
|}
See also
173rd meridian east
175th meridian east
References
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