From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

172nd meridian west

Line of longitude

The meridian 172° 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 172nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 8th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 172nd meridian west passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" width="115" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea Passing just east of Cape Chaplino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, (at ) Passing just west of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, (at ) Passing just east of St. Matthew Island, Alaska, (at ) Passing just east of Seguam Island, Alaska, (at ) |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Kanton Island, (at ) Passing just east of Orona atoll, (at ) Passing just west of Nukunonu atoll, (at ) Passing just east of the island of Savai'i, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Upolu
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-

| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
}

References

"What is longitude?".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

meridians-(geography)

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 172nd meridian west — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report