162nd meridian west
# 162nd meridian west

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-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 162.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -162.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 71°40′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.667°N 162.000°W﻿ / 71.667; -162.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 70°18′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.300°N 162.000°W﻿ / 70.300; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 67°2′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.033°N 162.000°W﻿ / 67.033; -162.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Hotham Inlet 66°37′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.617°N 162.000°W﻿ / 66.617; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Baldwin Peninsula 66°35′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.583°N 162.000°W﻿ / 66.583; -162.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Kotzebue Sound 66°3′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.050°N 162.000°W﻿ / 66.050; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula 64°42′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.700°N 162.000°W﻿ / 64.700; -162.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Norton Sound 63°27′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.450°N 162.000°W﻿ / 63.450; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 59°49′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.817°N 162.000°W﻿ / 59.817; -162.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Kuskokwim Bay 59°14′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.233°N 162.000°W﻿ / 59.233; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 59°10′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.167°N 162.000°W﻿ / 59.167; -162.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Kuskokwim Bay 58°41′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿58.683°N 162.000°W﻿ / 58.683; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Cape Newenham 58°37′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿58.617°N 162.000°W﻿ / 58.617; -162.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Bristol Bay 55°48′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.800°N 162.000°W﻿ / 55.800; -162.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Alaska Peninsula 55°5′N 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.083°N 162.000°W﻿ / 55.083; -162.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the Iliasik Islands, Alaska, United States (at 55°4′N 161°58′W﻿ / ﻿55.067°N 161.967°W﻿ / 55.067; -161.967﻿ (Iliasik Islands)) Passing just west of the island of Nihoa, Hawaii, United States (at 23°4′N 161°56′W﻿ / ﻿23.067°N 161.933°W﻿ / 23.067; -161.933﻿ (Nihoa)) Passing just east of Palmyra Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands (at 5°53′N 162°3′W﻿ / ﻿5.883°N 162.050°W﻿ / 5.883; -162.050﻿ (Palmyra Atoll)) 60°0′S 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 162.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -162.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°5′S 162°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.083°S 162.000°W﻿ / -78.083; -162.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
