162nd meridian west explained

The meridian 162° 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 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:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Sea
Alaska
Chukchi SeaHotham Inlet
Alaska — Baldwin Peninsula
Chukchi SeaKotzebue Sound
Alaska — Seward Peninsula
Bering SeaNorton Sound
Alaska
Bering SeaKuskokwim Bay
Alaska
Bering SeaKuskokwim Bay
Alaska — Cape Newenham
Bering SeaBristol Bay
Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
Pacific OceanPassing just west of the Iliasik Islands, Alaska, (at)
Passing just west of the island of Nihoa, Hawaii, (at)
Passing just east of Palmyra Atoll, (at)
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaRoss Dependency, claimed by

See also