title: 151st meridian west
text: # 151st meridian west
  
  The meridian 151° 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 151st meridian west forms a great circle with the 29th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 151st meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 151.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -151.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 72°11′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.183°N 151.000°W﻿ / 72.183; -151.000﻿ (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea 70°24′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.400°N 151.000°W﻿ / 70.400; -151.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 61°11′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿61.183°N 151.000°W﻿ / 61.183; -151.000﻿ (Cook Inlet) Cook Inlet 60°49′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.817°N 151.000°W﻿ / 60.817; -151.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Kenai Peninsula 59°12′N 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.200°N 151.000°W﻿ / 59.200; -151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 23°22′S 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.367°S 151.000°W﻿ / -23.367; -151.000﻿ (French Polynesia)  French Polynesia Huahine island 23°24′S 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.400°S 151.000°W﻿ / -23.400; -151.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 151.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -151.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 76°58′S 151°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.967°S 151.000°W﻿ / -76.967; -151.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
  