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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.

The 169th meridian west forms a great circle with the 11th meridian east.
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°N 169°W / 90; -169 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
71°50′N 169°0′W / 71.833°N 169°W / 71.833; -169 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea
66°33′N 169°0′W / 66.55°N 169°W / 66.55; -169 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing between the islands of Big Diomede,  Russia and Little Diomede, Alaska,  United States
63°20′N 169°0′W / 63.333°N 169°W / 63.333; -169 (United States)  United States Alaska - St. Lawrence Island
63°10′N 169°0′W / 63.167°N 169°W / 63.167; -169 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea
52°52′N 169°0′W / 52.867°N 169°W / 52.867; -169 (United States)  United States Alaska - Umnak Island
52°51′N 169°0′W / 52.85°N 169°W / 52.85; -169 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 169°0′W / 60°S 169°W / -60; -169 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
78°28′S 169°0′W / 78.467°S 169°W / -78.467; -169 (Antarctica) Antarctica Ross Dependency, claimed by  New Zealand

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