153rd meridian west explained

The meridian 153° 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.

The 153rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 27th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 153rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Shelikof StraitPassing just east of Cape Douglas, Alaska, (at)
Alaska — Afognak Island, Raspberry Island, Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island
Pacific OceanPassing just west of Rimatara island, (at)
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaRoss Dependency, claimed by

See also