The meridian 175° west 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 175th meridian west forms a great circle with the 5th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 175th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Chukchi Sea | ||
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Chukchi Peninsula | ||
Bering Sea | Passing just east of Koniuji Island, Alaska, (at) | |
Alaska — Atka Island | ||
Pacific Ocean | Passing just east of the island of Kao, (at) Passing just east of the island of Tofua, (at) | |
'Ata Island | ||
Pacific Ocean | Passing just east of the islands of Tongatapu, (at) Passing just west of the island of ʻEua, (at) | |
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by | |