Basalt samples from 40 flow units cored at Site 1179 were measured to yield characteristic magnetization inclinations and colatitude values. Flow average colatitudes were statistically compared, and those that were not distinct were combined and averaged. The result of our analysis is that the 40 flows represent only 13 independent measurements of the paleomagnetic field. A mean colatitude, 88.1° ± 6.8° was calculated, corrected for bias inherent in azimuthally unoriented samples. Assuming the section is reversed, as is consistent with drilling near the middle of Anomaly M8, the paleomagnetic data imply a paleolatitude of 1.9°N ± 6.8°. The Site 1179 paleocolatitude is consistent with other Pacific plate paleomagnetic data of similar age and indicates ~39° of northward drift of the western Pacific plate since the mid-Cretaceous. In addition, a shift in scatter between flow group colatitude values from low in the bottom ~33 m of the section to high in the upper section implies a change from rapid emplacement to longer time periods between successive flows.