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171st meridian east

Line of longitude

The meridian 171° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 171st meridian east forms a great circle with the 9th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 171st 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 |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | Maloelap Atoll |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Majuro Atoll, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

South Island — passing just east of the town of Oamaru (at )
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
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References

"What is longitude?".

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