165th meridian east

165°
165th meridian east

The meridian 165° east 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 165th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 15th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 165th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 165°0′E / 90.000°N 165.000°E / 90.000; 165.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
75°8′N 165°0′E / 75.133°N 165.000°E / 75.133; 165.000 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
69°34′N 165°0′E / 69.567°N 165.000°E / 69.567; 165.000 (Russia) Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Krai — from 64°41′N 165°0′E / 64.683°N 165.000°E / 64.683; 165.000 (Kamchatka Krai)
59°50′N 165°0′E / 59.833°N 165.000°E / 59.833; 165.000 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing just east of Karaginsky Island, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (at 59°2′N 164°44′E / 59.033°N 164.733°E / 59.033; 164.733 (Karaginsky Island))
55°35′N 165°0′E / 55.583°N 165.000°E / 55.583; 165.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (at 11°35′N 165°12′E / 11.583°N 165.200°E / 11.583; 165.200 (Bikini Atoll))
10°15′S 165°0′E / 10.250°S 165.000°E / -10.250; 165.000 (Coral Sea) Coral Sea
20°42′S 165°0′E / 20.700°S 165.000°E / -20.700; 165.000 (New Caledonia) New Caledonia
21°22′S 165°0′E / 21.367°S 165.000°E / -21.367; 165.000 (Coral Sea) Coral Sea
24°56′S 165°0′E / 24.933°S 165.000°E / -24.933; 165.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 165°0′E / 60.000°S 165.000°E / -60.000; 165.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just east of Sturge Island, Balleny Islands, claimed by New Zealand (at 67°33′S 164°49′E / 67.550°S 164.817°E / -67.550; 164.817 (Sturge Island))
70°36′S 165°0′E / 70.600°S 165.000°E / -70.600; 165.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
74°34′S 165°0′E / 74.567°S 165.000°E / -74.567; 165.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Ross Sea
77°54′S 165°0′E / 77.900°S 165.000°E / -77.900; 165.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.