The meridian 160° 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 160th meridian east forms a great circle with the 20th meridian west.
In Antarctica, the meridian defines the border between the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Ross Dependency.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 160th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 160°0′E / 90.000°N 160.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
76°20′N 160°0′E / 76.333°N 160.000°E | East Siberian Sea | |
70°26′N 160°0′E / 70.433°N 160.000°E | Russia | Sakha Republic |
70°9′N 160°0′E / 70.150°N 160.000°E | East Siberian Sea | |
69°45′N 160°0′E / 69.750°N 160.000°E | Russia | Sakha Republic Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 68°15′N 160°0′E / 68.250°N 160.000°E Magadan Oblast — from 65°31′N 160°0′E / 65.517°N 160.000°E |
61°47′N 160°0′E / 61.783°N 160.000°E | Sea of Okhotsk | Shelikhov Gulf |
61°22′N 160°0′E / 61.367°N 160.000°E | Russia | Magadan Oblast |
60°57′N 160°0′E / 60.950°N 160.000°E | Sea of Okhotsk | Shelikhov Gulf |
59°11′N 160°0′E / 59.183°N 160.000°E | Russia | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |
54°7′N 160°0′E / 54.117°N 160.000°E | Pacific Ocean | |
53°15′N 160°0′E / 53.250°N 160.000°E | Russia | Kamchatka Krai — Kamchatka Peninsula |
53°6′N 160°0′E / 53.100°N 160.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing just east of Mokil atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (at 6°42′N 159°46′E / 6.700°N 159.767°E) Passing just east of Santa Isabel Island, Solomon Islands (at 8°33′S 159°54′E / 8.550°S 159.900°E) |
8°53′S 160°0′E / 8.883°S 160.000°E | Solomon Islands | Nggela Islands |
8°55′S 160°0′E / 8.917°S 160.000°E | Ironbottom Sound | |
9°25′S 160°0′E / 9.417°S 160.000°E | Solomon Islands | Guadalcanal Island |
9°49′S 160°0′E / 9.817°S 160.000°E | Solomon Sea | |
11°28′S 160°0′E / 11.467°S 160.000°E | Solomon Islands | Rennell Island |
11°35′S 160°0′E / 11.583°S 160.000°E | Coral Sea | |
29°9′S 160°0′E / 29.150°S 160.000°E | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 160°0′E / 60.000°S 160.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
69°44′S 160°0′E / 69.733°S 160.000°E | Antarctica | Border between the Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia, and the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |