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162nd meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 162° 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 162nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 18th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd 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 162 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 40 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 70 18 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67 2 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hotham Inlet
|-
| 66 37 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Baldwin Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66 35 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kotzebue Sound
|-
| 66 3 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Seward Peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64 42 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norton Sound
|-
| 63 27 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 49 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
|-
| 59 14 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59 10 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
|-
| 58 41 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Cape Newenham
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58 37 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bristol Bay
|-
| 55 48 N 162 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55 5 N 162 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Iliasik Islands, Alaska, (at 55 4 N 161 58 W type:isle Iliasik Islands) Passing just west of the island of Nīhoa, Hawaii, (at 23 4 N 161 56 W type:isle Nihoa) Passing just east of Palmyra Atoll, (at 5 53 N 162 3 W type:isle Palmyra Atoll)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 162 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 5 S 162 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Ross Dependency, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
161st meridian west
163rd meridian west
References
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