153rd meridian west

The meridian 153° 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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153rd meridian west

The 153rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 27th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 153rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 153°0′W Arctic Ocean
71°54′N 153°0′W Beaufort Sea
70°54′N 153°0′W  United States Alaska
59°48′N 153°0′W Cook Inlet
58°45′N 153°0′W Shelikof Strait Passing just east of Cape Douglas, Alaska,  United States (at 58°51′N 143°14′W)
58°18′N 153°0′W  United States AlaskaAfognak Island, Raspberry Island, Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island
57°7′N 153°0′W Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Rimatara island,  French Polynesia (at 22°38′S 152°52′W)
60°0′S 153°0′W Southern Ocean
77°15′S 153°0′W Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand
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