169th meridian west

The meridian 169° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole, crossing a smaller amount of land than any other line of longitude, and is thus generally used as the cut-off point on a lot of map projections.

Line across the Earth
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169th meridian west

The 169th meridian west forms a great circle with the 11th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 169th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 169°0′W Arctic Ocean
71°50′N 169°0′W Chukchi Sea
66°33′N 169°0′W Bering Sea
65°49′N 169°0′W  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — island of Big Diomede
65°48′N 169°0′W Bering Sea Passing just west of Little Diomede Island, Alaska,  United States (at 65°45′N 168°56′W)
63°20′N 169°0′W  United States Alaska — St. Lawrence Island
63°10′N 169°0′W Bering Sea
52°52′N 169°0′W  United States Alaska — Umnak Island
52°51′N 169°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 169°0′W Southern Ocean
78°28′S 169°0′W Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

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