165th meridian west

The meridian 165° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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165th meridian west

The 165th meridian west forms a great circle with the 15th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 165th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 165°0′W Arctic Ocean
71°46′N 165°0′W Chukchi Sea
68°53′N 165°0′W  United States Alaska
67°54′N 165°0′W Chukchi Sea Kotzebue Sound
66°30′N 165°0′W  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula
64°26′N 165°0′W Bering Sea Norton Sound
62°32′N 165°0′W  United States Alaska — Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
60°21′N 165°0′W Bering Sea Passing just west of Unimak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 54°34′N 164°56′W)
54°8′N 165°0′W  United States Alaska — Tigalda Island
54°4′N 165°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 165°0′W Southern Ocean
78°33′S 165°0′W Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

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