157th meridian west

157°

157th meridian west ()

The meridian 157° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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 157th meridian west forms a great circle with the 23rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 157th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 157°0′W / 90.000°N 157.000°W / 90.000; -157.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
71°12′N 157°0′W / 71.200°N 157.000°W / 71.200; -157.000 (United States)	United States	Alaska
56°54′N 157°0′W / 56.900°N 157.000°W / 56.900; -157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
56°33′N 157°0′W / 56.550°N 157.000°W / 56.550; -157.000 (United States)	United States	Alaska — Sutwik Island
56°32′N 157°0′W / 56.533°N 157.000°W / 56.533; -157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of the Semidi Islands, Alaska, United States (at 56°11′N 156°49′W / 56.183°N 156.817°W / 56.183; -156.817 (Semidi Islands))
21°11′N 157°0′W / 21.183°N 157.000°W / 21.183; -157.000 (United States)	United States	Hawaii — Molokai island
21°5′N 157°0′W / 21.083°N 157.000°W / 21.083; -157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Kalohi Channel
20°56′N 157°0′W / 20.933°N 157.000°W / 20.933; -157.000 (United States)	United States	Hawaii — Lanai island
20°50′N 157°0′W / 20.833°N 157.000°W / 20.833; -157.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 157°0′W / 60.000°S 157.000°W / -60.000; -157.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
77°20′S 157°0′W / 77.333°S 157.000°W / -77.333; -157.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand