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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 157° 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 157th meridian west forms a [[great circle]] with the [[23rd 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 157th 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|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|71|12|N|157|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Alaska]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|56|54|N|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|56|33|N|157|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Alaska]] — [[Sutwik Island]]<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|56|32|N|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the [[Semidi Islands]], [[Alaska]], {{USA}} (at {{Coord|56|11|N|156|49|W|type:isle|name=Semidi Islands}})<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|21|11|N|157|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Hawaii]] — [[Molokai]] island<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|21|5|N|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Kalohi Channel]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|20|56|N|157|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Hawaii]] — [[Lanai]] island<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|20|50|N|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|157|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|77|20|S|157|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 />
*[[156th meridian west]]<br />
*[[158th meridian west]]<br />
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[[Category:Meridians (geography)|w157 meridian west]]</div>
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