169th meridian west

Line of longitude August 2025 -169 The meridian 169° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 1 July 2025 en 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: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" width="120" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 50 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Chukchi Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chukchi Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66 33 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 65 49 N 169 0 W type:country Russia ! scope="row" | | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — island of Big Diomede |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65 48 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Little Diomede Island, Alaska, (at 65 45 N 168 56 W type:isle Little Diomede) |- | 63 20 N 169 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — St. Lawrence Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63 10 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Bering Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 52 52 N 169 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | | Alaska — Umnak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 52 51 N 169 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 169 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 78 28 S 169 0 W type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by |- |} See also 168th meridian west 170th meridian west 30th meridian east, the meridian that crosses the most land References collapsed w169 meridian west