69th meridian west

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69th meridian west

The meridian 69° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 69th meridian west forms a great circle with the 111th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 69th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Lincoln Sea
 Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Nares Strait
 Greenland
Baffin Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Hudson Strait
Ungava Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Tiercel Island
Quebec
Saint Lawrence River
 Canada Quebec
New Brunswick
 United States Maine
Atlantic Ocean
 Dominican Republic Islands of Hispaniola and Catalina
Caribbean Sea
 Curaçao
Caribbean Sea
 Venezuela
 Colombia
 Brazil Amazonas
Acre
 Bolivia
 Peru
 Bolivia For about 17 km
 Peru
 Bolivia Passing through Lake Titicaca
 Peru Passing through Lake Titicaca
 Bolivia Passing through Lake Titicaca
 Chile
 Argentina
Atlantic Ocean
 Argentina
 Chile For about 9 km
Straits of Magellan
 Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and Hoste Island
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Adelaide Island - claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and the  United Kingdom
Southern Ocean Marguerite Bay
Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and the  United Kingdom

See also