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.
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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 
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — island of Big Diomede 65°48′N 169°0′W Bering Sea Passing just west of Little Diomede Island, Alaska, 
63°20′N 169°0′W Alaska — St. Lawrence Island 63°10′N 169°0′W Bering Sea 52°52′N 169°0′W 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 
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