163rd meridian west

The meridian 163° 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.

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163rd meridian west

The 163rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 17th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 163°0′W	Arctic Ocean
71°42′N 163°0′W	Chukchi Sea
69°46′N 163°0′W	United States	Alaska
67°2′N 163°0′W	Chukchi Sea	Kotzebue Sound
66°5′N 163°0′W	United States	Alaska — Seward Peninsula
64°33′N 163°0′W	Bering Sea	Norton Sound
63°5′N 163°0′W	United States	Alaska
59°53′N 163°0′W	Bering Sea	Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska, United States (at 55°25′N 163°7′W)
55°14′N 163°0′W	United States	Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
55°4′N 163°0′W	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska, United States (at 54°40′N 163°3′W) Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska, United States (at 54°27′N 162°50′W) Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll, Cook Islands (at 13°26′S 163°2′W) Passing just east of Palmerston Island, Cook Islands (at 18°4′S 163°9′W)
60°0′S 163°0′W	Southern Ocean
78°12′S 163°0′W	Antarctica	Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand

See also

• 162nd meridian west
• 164th meridian west