The meridian 162° 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 162nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 18th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 162nd meridian west passes through:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hotham Inlet
! scope="row" | | Alaska — Baldwin Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kotzebue Sound
! scope="row" | | Alaska — Seward Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norton Sound
! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kuskokwim Bay
! scope="row" | | Alaska — Cape Newenham |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bristol Bay
! scope="row" | | Alaska — Alaska Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the Iliasik Islands, Alaska, (at ) Passing just west of the island of Nīhoa, Hawaii, (at ) Passing just east of Palmyra Atoll, (at ) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by
See also 161st meridian west 163rd meridian west References