173rd meridian west

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173°
173rd meridian west

The meridian 173° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 173rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 7th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 173rd meridian west passes through:

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. Chukchi Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Chukotka Autonomous OkrugChukchi Peninsula
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.  United States AlaskaSt. Matthew Island
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.  United States AlaskaAmlia Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the island of Savai'i,  Samoa (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. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

See also