174th meridian east
# 174th meridian east

The meridian 174° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 174th meridian east forms a great circle with the 6th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 174th meridian east passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 174.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 174.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 72°58′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿72.967°N 174.000°E﻿ / 72.967; 174.000﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea 69°51′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.850°N 174.000°E﻿ / 69.850; 174.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 62°27′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿62.450°N 174.000°E﻿ / 62.450; 174.000﻿ (Kamchatka Krai) 61°42′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿61.700°N 174.000°E﻿ / 61.700; 174.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 52°44′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿52.733°N 174.000°E﻿ / 52.733; 174.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Nizki Island 52°43′N 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿52.717°N 174.000°E﻿ / 52.717; 174.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Abemama atoll, Kiribati (at 0°20′N 173°57′E﻿ / ﻿0.333°N 173.950°E﻿ / 0.333; 173.950﻿ (Abemama)) 35°7′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿35.117°S 174.000°E﻿ / -35.117; 174.000﻿ (New Zealand)  New Zealand North Island — North Auckland Peninsula 36°16′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.267°S 174.000°E﻿ / -36.267; 174.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 39°5′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.083°S 174.000°E﻿ / -39.083; 174.000﻿ (New Zealand)  New Zealand North Island — passing just west of the city of New Plymouth (at 39°4′S 174°4′E﻿ / ﻿39.067°S 174.067°E﻿ / -39.067; 174.067﻿ (New Plymouth)) 39°33′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.550°S 174.000°E﻿ / -39.550; 174.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 40°55′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.917°S 174.000°E﻿ / -40.917; 174.000﻿ (New Zealand)  New Zealand South Island — passing just east of the town of Blenheim (at 4°31′S 173°58′E﻿ / ﻿4.517°S 173.967°E﻿ / -4.517; 173.967﻿ (Blenheim)) 42°0′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.000°S 174.000°E﻿ / -42.000; 174.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 174.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 174.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°34′S 174°0′E﻿ / ﻿77.567°S 174.000°E﻿ / -77.567; 174.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency — claimed by New Zealand
