The meridian 165ð 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 165th meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 15th meridian east.
The Samoa Time Zone and is based on the mean solar time of this meridian.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 165th meridian west passes through: