The meridian 169° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 169th meridian east forms a great circle with the 11th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 169th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 169°0′E / 90.000°N 169.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
74°10′N 169°0′E / 74.167°N 169.000°E | East Siberian Sea | |
69°55′N 169°0′E / 69.917°N 169.000°E | Russia | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Ayon Island |
69°33′N 169°0′E / 69.550°N 169.000°E | East Siberian Sea | Chaunskaya Bay |
69°8′N 169°0′E / 69.133°N 169.000°E | Russia | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kamchatka Krai — from 63°58′N 169°0′E / 63.967°N 169.000°E Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — from 63°23′N 169°0′E / 63.383°N 169.000°E Kamchatka Krai — from 62°57′N 169°0′E / 62.950°N 169.000°E |
60°34′N 169°0′E / 60.567°N 169.000°E | Bering Sea | |
54°10′N 169°0′E / 54.167°N 169.000°E | Pacific Ocean | |
14°39′N 169°0′E / 14.650°N 169.000°E | Marshall Islands | Bokak Atoll |
14°35′N 169°0′E / 14.583°N 169.000°E | Pacific Ocean | |
10°3′N 169°0′E / 10.050°N 169.000°E | Marshall Islands | Likiep Atoll |
9°55′N 169°0′E / 9.917°N 169.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing just east of Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands (at 7°35′N 168°58′E / 7.583°N 168.967°E) Passing just west of Kili Island, Marshall Islands (at 5°38′N 169°7′E / 5.633°N 169.117°E) Passing just east of Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands (at 4°38′N 168°46′E / 4.633°N 168.767°E) Passing just east of the island of Tikopia, Solomon Islands (at 12°18′S 168°51′E / 12.300°S 168.850°E) |
18°41′S 169°0′E / 18.683°S 169.000°E | Vanuatu | Island of Erromango |
18°53′S 169°0′E / 18.883°S 169.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing just west of the island of Tanna, Vanuatu (at 19°27′S 169°13′E / 19.450°S 169.217°E) Passing just east of Walpole Island, New Caledonia (at 22°35′S 168°57′E / 22.583°S 168.950°E) |
43°51′S 169°0′E / 43.850°S 169.000°E | New Zealand | South Island — passing through the island's southernmost point, Slope Point |
46°40′S 169°0′E / 46.667°S 169.000°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing between the Hook Keys and Campbell Island, New Zealand (at 52°33′S 170°0′E / 52.550°S 170.000°E) |
60°0′S 169°0′E / 60.000°S 169.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
71°24′S 169°0′E / 71.400°S 169.000°E | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |
73°29′S 169°0′E / 73.483°S 169.000°E | Southern Ocean | Ross Sea |
77°29′S 169°0′E / 77.483°S 169.000°E | Antarctica | Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand |