163rd meridian west

Line across the Earth
163°
163rd meridian west ()

The meridian 163° 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 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 / 90.000°N 163.000°W / 90.000; -163.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
71°42′N 163°0′W / 71.700°N 163.000°W / 71.700; -163.000 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea
69°46′N 163°0′W / 69.767°N 163.000°W / 69.767; -163.000 (United States)  United States Alaska
67°2′N 163°0′W / 67.033°N 163.000°W / 67.033; -163.000 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Kotzebue Sound
66°5′N 163°0′W / 66.083°N 163.000°W / 66.083; -163.000 (United States)  United States Alaska — Seward Peninsula
64°33′N 163°0′W / 64.550°N 163.000°W / 64.550; -163.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Norton Sound
63°5′N 163°0′W / 63.083°N 163.000°W / 63.083; -163.000 (United States)  United States Alaska
59°53′N 163°0′W / 59.883°N 163.000°W / 59.883; -163.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 55°25′N 163°7′W / 55.417°N 163.117°W / 55.417; -163.117 (Amak Island))
55°14′N 163°0′W / 55.233°N 163.000°W / 55.233; -163.000 (United States)  United States Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
55°4′N 163°0′W / 55.067°N 163.000°W / 55.067; -163.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 54°40′N 163°3′W / 54.667°N 163.050°W / 54.667; -163.050 (Unimak Island))
Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska,  United States (at 54°27′N 162°50′W / 54.450°N 162.833°W / 54.450; -162.833 (Sanak Island))
Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll,  Cook Islands (at 13°26′S 163°2′W / 13.433°S 163.033°W / -13.433; -163.033 (Suwarrow))
Passing just east of Palmerston Island,  Cook Islands (at 18°4′S 163°9′W / 18.067°S 163.150°W / -18.067; -163.150 (Palmerston Island))
60°0′S 163°0′W / 60.000°S 163.000°W / -60.000; -163.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
78°12′S 163°0′W / 78.200°S 163.000°W / -78.200; -163.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 1 July 2025.