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166th meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 166° 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 166th meridian east forms a great ellipse with the 14th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 166th 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 |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Kamchatka Krai — Bering Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Wotho Atoll |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the Reef Islands, (at ) Passing just east of the island of Tinakula, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Islands of Nendo and Nibanga
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-

| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Auckland Island and Adams Island
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
}

References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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