The meridian 165° 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 165th meridian east forms a great circle with the 15th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 165th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 165°0′E / 90.000°N 165.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
75°8′N 165°0′E / 75.133°N 165.000°E | East Siberian Sea | |
69°34′N 165°0′E / 69.567°N 165.000°E | Russia | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 64°41′N 165°0′E / 64.683°N 165.000°E |
59°50′N 165°0′E / 59.833°N 165.000°E | Bering Sea | Passing just east of Karaginsky Island, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (at 59°2′N 164°44′E / 59.033°N 164.733°E) |
55°35′N 165°0′E / 55.583°N 165.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing just west of Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (at 11°35′N 165°12′E / 11.583°N 165.200°E) |
10°15′S 165°0′E / 10.250°S 165.000°E | Coral Sea | |
20°42′S 165°0′E / 20.700°S 165.000°E | New Caledonia | |
21°22′S 165°0′E / 21.367°S 165.000°E | Coral Sea | |
24°56′S 165°0′E / 24.933°S 165.000°E | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 165°0′E / 60.000°S 165.000°E | Southern Ocean | Passing just east of Sturge Island, Balleny Islands, claimed by New Zealand (at 67°33′S 164°49′E / 67.550°S 164.817°E) |
70°36′S 165°0′E / 70.600°S 165.000°E | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |
74°34′S 165°0′E / 74.567°S 165.000°E | Southern Ocean | Ross Sea |
77°54′S 165°0′E / 77.900°S 165.000°E | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |