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163rd meridian east

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 163° east 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 163rd meridian east forms a great circle with the 17th meridian west.

This longitude is the western limit of the Auckland Oceanic flight information region.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd 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 Magadan Oblast — from Kamchatka Krai — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | ! scope="row" |

Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" |

Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" |

Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula
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-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | | Island of Kosrae |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Balleny Islands

Buckle Island, claimed by
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Ross Dependency, claimed by
}

References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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