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imported>Hondo77: Adding local short description: "Line of longitude", overriding Wikidata description "line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian"
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<p>Adding local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: "Line of longitude", overriding Wikidata description "line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian"</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Line of longitude}}<br />
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The '''meridian 156° west of [[Prime Meridian|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]].<br />
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The 156th meridian west forms a [[great circle]] with the [[24th meridian east]].<br />
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==From Pole to Pole==<br />
Starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the 156th meridian west passes through:<br />
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:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"<br />
! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates<br />
! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea<br />
! scope="col" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|156|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|71|11|N|156|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Alaska]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|57|33|N|156|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of [[Chirikof Island]], [[Alaska]], {{USA}} (at {{Coord|55|54|N|155|33|W|type:isle|name=Chirikof Island}})<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|20|48|N|156|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Hawaii]] — [[Maui]] island<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|20|42|N|156|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Channels of the Hawaiian Islands|ʻAlenuihāhā Channel]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|19|49|N|156|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Hawaii]] — [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] island<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|19|38|N|156|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of [[Starbuck Island]], {{KIR}} (at {{Coord|5|37|S|155|56|W|type:isle|name=Starbuck Island}})<br/>The meridian defines the eastern [[maritime boundary]] of the {{COK}} from {{Coord|8|0|S|156|0|W}} to {{Coord|23|0|S|156|0|W}}<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|156|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|77|7|S|156|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}<br />
! scope="row" | [[Antarctica]]<br />
| [[Ross Dependency]], [[List of Antarctic territorial claims|claimed]] by {{NZL}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[155th meridian west]]<br />
*[[157th meridian west]]<br />
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{{geographical coordinates|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Meridians (geography)|w156 meridian west]]<br />
[[Category:Borders of the Cook Islands]]</div>
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