163rd meridian west explained

The meridian 163° 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 163rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 17th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Sea
Alaska
Chukchi SeaKotzebue Sound
Alaska — Seward Peninsula
Bering SeaNorton Sound
Alaska
Bering SeaPassing just east of Amak Island, Alaska, (at)
Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
Pacific OceanPassing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska, (at)
Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska, (at)
Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll, (at)
Passing just east of Palmerston Island, (at)
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaRoss Dependency, claimed by

See also