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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>
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The '''meridian 158° 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 158th meridian west forms a [[great circle]] with the [[22nd meridian east]].<br />
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It is the western boundary of continuous [[Class E airspace|Class E]] airspace between 14, 500 feet and 18, 000 feet [[Altitude|MSL]] (Mean Sea Level) over [[Alaska]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aeronautical Information Manual - AIM - Controlled Airspace |url=https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap3_section_2.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.faa.gov}}</ref><br />
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==From Pole to Pole==<br />
Starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the 158th meridian west passes through:<br />
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:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"<br />
! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates<br />
! scope="col" width="125" | Country, territory or sea<br />
! scope="col" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|70|50|N|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chukchi Sea}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chukchi Sea]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|71|12|N|158|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Alaska]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|58|38|N|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Bering Sea}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Bering Sea]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Bristol Bay]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|57|24|N|158|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Alaska]] — [[Alaska Peninsula]]<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|56|30|N|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of [[Nakchamik Island]], [[Alaska]], {{USA}} (at {{Coord|56|20|N|157|54|W|type:isle|name=Nakchamik Island}})<br/> Passing just east of [[Castle Cape]], [[Alaska Peninsula]], {{USA}} (at {{Coord|56|14|N|158|7|W|type:landmark|name=Castle Cape}})<br/> Passing just east of [[Chankliut Island]], [[Alaska]], {{USA}} (at {{Coord|56|9|N|158|6|W|type:isle|name=Chankliut Island}})<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|21|42|N|158|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{USA}}<br />
| [[Hawaii]] — [[Oahu]] island<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|21|18|N|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of [[Kiritimati]] island, {{KIR}} (at {{Coord|1|52|N|157|51|W|type:isle|name=Kiritimati}})<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|8|56|S|158|0|W|type:country|name=Cook Islands}}<br />
! scope="row" | {{COK}}<br />
| [[Penrhyn Island]]<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|9|4|S|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of [[Atiu]] island, {{COK}} (at {{Coord|20|0|S|158|4|W|type:isle|name=Attu Island}})<br/> Passing just west of [[Mangaia]] island, {{COK}} (at {{Coord|21|55|S|157|58|W|type:isle|name=Nakchamik Island}})<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|158|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}<br />
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]<br />
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |<br />
|-<br />
| {{Coord|77|45|S|158|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 />
*[[157th meridian west]]<br />
*[[159th meridian west]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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