169th meridian west
# 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.

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 / ﻿90.000°N 169.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -169.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 71°50′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.833°N 169.000°W﻿ / 71.833; -169.000﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 66°33′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.550°N 169.000°W﻿ / 66.550; -169.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 65°49′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.817°N 169.000°W﻿ / 65.817; -169.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — island of Big Diomede 65°48′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.800°N 169.000°W﻿ / 65.800; -169.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing just west of Little Diomede Island, Alaska, United States (at 65°45′N 168°56′W﻿ / ﻿65.750°N 168.933°W﻿ / 65.750; -168.933﻿ (Little Diomede)) 63°20′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.333°N 169.000°W﻿ / 63.333; -169.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — St. Lawrence Island 63°10′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.167°N 169.000°W﻿ / 63.167; -169.000﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 52°52′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.867°N 169.000°W﻿ / 52.867; -169.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska — Umnak Island 52°51′N 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.850°N 169.000°W﻿ / 52.850; -169.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 169.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -169.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°28′S 169°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.467°S 169.000°W﻿ / -78.467; -169.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand
