174th meridian west

Line across the Earth
174°
174th meridian west ()

The meridian 174° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 174th meridian west forms a great circle with the 6th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 174th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 174°0′W / 90.000°N 174.000°W / 90.000; -174.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
71°47′N 174°0′W / 71.783°N 174.000°W / 71.783; -174.000 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea
67°5′N 174°0′W / 67.083°N 174.000°W / 67.083; -174.000 (Russia)  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula
66°53′N 174°0′W / 66.883°N 174.000°W / 66.883; -174.000 (Kolyuchinskaya Bay) Kolyuchinskaya Bay
66°38′N 174°0′W / 66.633°N 174.000°W / 66.633; -174.000 (Russia)  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula
64°27′N 174°0′W / 64.450°N 174.000°W / 64.450; -174.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea
52°21′N 174°0′W / 52.350°N 174.000°W / 52.350; -174.000 (United States)  United States Alaska — Atka Island and Amlia Island
52°6′N 174°0′W / 52.100°N 174.000°W / 52.100; -174.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Lisianski Island, Hawaii,  United States (at 26°4′N 173°58′W / 26.067°N 173.967°W / 26.067; -173.967 (Lisianski))
Passing just west of the island of Niuatoputapu,  Tonga (at 15°58′S 173°46′W / 15.967°S 173.767°W / -15.967; -173.767 (Niuatoputapu))
Passing just east of the island of Toku,  Tonga (at 18°9′S 174°10′W / 18.150°S 174.167°W / -18.150; -174.167 (Toku))
18°34′S 174°0′W / 18.567°S 174.000°W / -18.567; -174.000 (Tonga)  Tonga Islands of Vavaʻu
18°42′S 174°0′W / 18.700°S 174.000°W / -18.700; -174.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 174°0′W / 60.000°S 174.000°W / -60.000; -174.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
78°26′S 174°0′W / 78.433°S 174.000°W / -78.433; -174.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

See also

References

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