168th meridian west
# 168th meridian west

The meridian 168° 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 168th meridian west forms a great circle with the 12th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 168th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 168.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -168.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 71°49′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.817°N 168.000°W﻿ / 71.817; -168.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 66°33′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.550°N 168.000°W﻿ / 66.550; -168.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 65°43′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.717°N 168.000°W﻿ / 65.717; -168.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula 65°33′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.550°N 168.000°W﻿ / 65.550; -168.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing just east of King Island, Alaska, United States (at 64°58′N 168°2′W﻿ / ﻿64.967°N 168.033°W﻿ / 64.967; -168.033﻿ (King Island)) 53°33′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.550°N 168.000°W﻿ / 53.550; -168.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Umnak Island 53°19′N 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.317°N 168.000°W﻿ / 53.317; -168.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Rose Atoll, American Samoa (at 14°33′S 168°9′W﻿ / ﻿14.550°S 168.150°W﻿ / -14.550; -168.150﻿ (Rose Atoll)) 60°0′S 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 168.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -168.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°28′S 168°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.467°S 168.000°W﻿ / -78.467; -168.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
