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163rd meridian west

{{Short description|Line of longitude}}

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

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 163rd meridian west passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|71|42|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chukchi Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea

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{{Coord|69|46|N|163|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}

! scope="row" | {{USA}}

| Alaska

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|67|2|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chukchi Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kotzebue Sound

{{Coord|66|5|N|163|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}

! scope="row" | {{USA}}

| Alaska — Seward Peninsula

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|64|33|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Bering Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norton Sound

{{Coord|63|5|N|163|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}

! scope="row" | {{USA}}

| Alaska

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|59|53|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Bering Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Amak Island, Alaska, {{USA}} (at {{Coord|55|25|N|163|7|W|type:isle|name=Amak Island}})

{{Coord|55|14|N|163|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}

! scope="row" | {{USA}}

| Alaska — Alaska Peninsula

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|55|4|N|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Unimak Island, Alaska, {{USA}} (at {{Coord|54|40|N|163|3|W|type:isle|name=Unimak Island}})
Passing just west of Sanak Island, Alaska, {{USA}} (at {{Coord|54|27|N|162|50|W|type:isle|name=Sanak Island}})
Passing just east of Suwarrow atoll, {{COK}} (at {{Coord|13|26|S|163|2|W|type:isle|name=Suwarrow}})
Passing just east of Palmerston Island, {{COK}} (at {{Coord|18|4|S|163|9|W|type:isle|name=Palmerston Island}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|163|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

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{{Coord|78|12|S|163|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Ross Dependency, claimed by {{NZL}}

See also

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