title: 159th meridian west
text: # 159th meridian west
  
  The meridian 159° 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 159th meridian west forms a great circle with the 21st meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 159th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 159.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -159.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 71°31′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.517°N 159.000°W﻿ / 71.517; -159.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 70°53′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.883°N 159.000°W﻿ / 70.883; -159.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Point Franklin 70°52′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.867°N 159.000°W﻿ / 70.867; -159.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea Peard Bay 70°48′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.800°N 159.000°W﻿ / 70.800; -159.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 58°25′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿58.417°N 159.000°W﻿ / 58.417; -159.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Bristol Bay 56°50′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿56.833°N 159.000°W﻿ / 56.833; -159.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Alaska Peninsula 55°53′N 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.883°N 159.000°W﻿ / 55.883; -159.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Chiachi Island, Alaska, United States (at 55°50′N 159°5′W﻿ / ﻿55.833°N 159.083°W﻿ / 55.833; -159.083﻿ (Chiachi Island)) Passing just west of Mitrofania Island, Alaska, United States (at 55°49′N 158°53′W﻿ / ﻿55.817°N 158.883°W﻿ / 55.817; -158.883﻿ (Mitrofania Island)) Passing just east of Simeonof Island, Alaska, United States (at 54°55′N 159°11′W﻿ / ﻿54.917°N 159.183°W﻿ / 54.917; -159.183﻿ (Simeonof Island)) Passing just east of Kauai island, Hawaii, United States (at 22°8′N 159°18′W﻿ / ﻿22.133°N 159.300°W﻿ / 22.133; -159.300﻿ (Kauai)) Passing just west of Manuae atoll, Cook Islands (at 19°15′S 158°57′W﻿ / ﻿19.250°S 158.950°W﻿ / -19.250; -158.950﻿ (Manuae)) 60°0′S 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 159.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -159.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°54′S 159°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.900°S 159.000°W﻿ / -77.900; -159.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
  