167th meridian west
# 167th meridian west

The meridian 167° 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 167th meridian west forms a great circle with the 13th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 167th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 167.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -167.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 71°48′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.800°N 167.000°W﻿ / 71.800; -167.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Passing just west of Point Hope, Alaska, United States (at 68°21′N 166°50′W﻿ / ﻿68.350°N 166.833°W﻿ / 68.350; -166.833﻿ (Point Hope)) 66°33′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.550°N 167.000°W﻿ / 66.550; -167.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 66°0′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 167.000°W﻿ / 66.000; -167.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula 65°22′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.367°N 167.000°W﻿ / 65.367; -167.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 60°13′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.217°N 167.000°W﻿ / 60.217; -167.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Nunivak Island 59°59′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.983°N 167.000°W﻿ / 59.983; -167.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 53°57′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.950°N 167.000°W﻿ / 53.950; -167.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Unalaska Island 53°25′N 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.417°N 167.000°W﻿ / 53.417; -167.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean The meridian defines the eastern maritime boundary of the Cook Islands from 8°0′S 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.000°S 167.000°W﻿ / -8.000; -167.000 to 23°0′S 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.000°S 167.000°W﻿ / -23.000; -167.000 60°0′S 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 167.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -167.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°28′S 167°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.467°S 167.000°W﻿ / -78.467; -167.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
