171st meridian east
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The meridian 171° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 171st meridian east forms a great circle with the 9th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 171st meridian east passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. East Siberian Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Krai — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island of Mejit, Marshall Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Marshall Islands Maloelap Atoll Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. New Zealand South Island — passing just east of the town of Oamaru (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand