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162nd meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 162° east 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 162nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 18th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian east passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from Magadan Oblast — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | ! scope="row" |

Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just east of the island of Ulawa, (at ) Passing just east of the island of Malaupaina, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Makira
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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