160th meridian west

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160th meridian west

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The meridian 160° 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

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The 160th meridian west forms a great circle with the 20th meridian east.

It is the western boundary of continuous

Class E airspace between 14, 500 feet and 18, 000 feet MSL (Mean Sea Level) over Alaska.^[1]

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 160th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 160°0′W / 90.000°N 160.000°W / 90.000; -160.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
71°34′N 160°0′W / 71.567°N 160.000°W / 71.567; -160.000 (Chukchi Sea)	Chukchi Sea
70°40′N 160°0′W / 70.667°N 160.000°W / 70.667; -160.000 (United States)	United States	Alaska
58°53′N 160°0′W / 58.883°N 160.000°W / 58.883; -160.000 (Bering Sea)	Bering Sea	Bristol Bay
56°29′N 160°0′W / 56.483°N 160.000°W / 56.483; -160.000 (United States)	United States	Alaska — Alaska Peninsula
55°48′N 160°0′W / 55.800°N 160.000°W / 55.800; -160.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just east of Karpa Island, Alaska, United States (at 55°31′N 160°1′W / 55.517°N 160.017°W / 55.517; -160.017 (Karpa Island)) Passing just east of Andronica Island, Alaska, United States (at 55°19′N 160°1′W / 55.317°N 160.017°W / 55.317; -160.017 (Andronica Island))
55°12′N 160°0′W / 55.200°N 160.000°W / 55.200; -160.000 (United States)	United States	Alaska — Nagai Island
55°2′N 160°0′W / 55.033°N 160.000°W / 55.033; -160.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, United States (at 22°1′N 159°48′W / 22.017°N 159.800°W / 22.017; -159.800 (Kauai)) Passing just east of the island of Niihau, Hawaii, United States (at 21°59′N 160°3′W / 21.983°N 160.050°W / 21.983; -160.050 (Niihau)) Passing just east of Jarvis Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands (at 0°23′S 160°1′W / 0.383°S 160.017°W / -0.383; -160.017 (Jarvis Island)) Passing just west of Aitutaki island, Cook Islands (at 18°54′S 159°50′W / 18.900°S 159.833°W / -18.900; -159.833 (Aitutaki)) Passing just west of Rarotonga island, Cook Islands (at 21°12′S 159°49′W / 21.200°S 159.817°W / -21.200; -159.817 (Rorotonga))
60°0′S 160°0′W / 60.000°S 160.000°W / -60.000; -160.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
77°59′S 160°0′W / 77.983°S 160.000°W / -77.983; -160.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	claimed by New Zealand

References

^ "Aeronautical Information Manual - AIM - Controlled Airspace". www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

[1] "Aeronautical Information Manual - AIM - Controlled Airspace". www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

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From Pole to Pole

See also

References