178th meridian west

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178°
178th meridian west

The meridian 178° 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 178th meridian west forms a great circle with the 2nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 178th 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.  Russia Chukotka Autonomous OkrugWrangel Island
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 Okrug
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 AlaskaTanaga Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Kure Atoll, Hawaii,  United States (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of Futuna Island,  Wallis and Futuna (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.  Wallis and Futuna Alofi Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Vatoa Island,  Fiji (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of Raoul Island,  New Zealand (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