164th meridian west explained

The meridian 164° 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 164th meridian west forms a great circle with the 16th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 164th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Sea
Alaska
Chukchi SeaKotzebue Sound
Alaska — Seward Peninsula
Bering SeaNorton Sound
Alaska — Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
Bering Sea
Alaska — Unimak Island
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaRoss Dependency, claimed by

See also