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164th meridian west

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164th meridian west

The meridian 164° 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 164th meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 16th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 164th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 164°0′W / 90.000°N 164.000°W / 90.000; -164.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
71°44′N 164°0′W / 71.733°N 164.000°W / 71.733; -164.000 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea
68°59′N 164°0′W / 68.983°N 164.000°W / 68.983; -164.000 (United States)  United States Alaska
67°32′N 164°0′W / 67.533°N 164.000°W / 67.533; -164.000 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Kotzebue Sound
66°36′N 164°0′W / 66.600°N 164.000°W / 66.600; -164.000 (United States)  United States AlaskaSeward Peninsula
64°33′N 164°0′W / 64.550°N 164.000°W / 64.550; -164.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Norton Sound
63°15′N 164°0′W / 63.250°N 164.000°W / 63.250; -164.000 (United States)  United States AlaskaYukon–Kuskokwim Delta
59°49′N 164°0′W / 59.817°N 164.000°W / 59.817; -164.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea
54°59′N 164°0′W / 54.983°N 164.000°W / 54.983; -164.000 (United States)  United States AlaskaUnimak Island
54°37′N 164°0′W / 54.617°N 164.000°W / 54.617; -164.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 164°0′W / 60.000°S 164.000°W / -60.000; -164.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
78°15′S 164°0′W / 78.250°S 164.000°W / -78.250; -164.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

See also

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