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165th meridian west

Line of longitude

The meridian 165° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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

The Samoa Time Zone and Phoenix Islands Time Zone is based on the mean solar time of this meridian.

From Pole to Pole

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

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Alaska
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Alaska — Seward Peninsula
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Alaska — Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
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Alaska — Tigalda Island
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Ross Dependency, claimed by
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References

"What is longitude?".

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