The meridian 69° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
69°
69th meridian east

The 69th meridian east forms a great circle with the 111th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 69th meridian east passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 69°0′E / 90.000°N 69.000°E / 90.000; 69.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°0′N 69°0′E / 81.000°N 69.000°E / 81.000; 69.000 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
76°43′N 69°0′E / 76.717°N 69.000°E / 76.717; 69.000 (Russia)   Russia Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast - for about 4 km at the easternmost tip of the island
76°40′N 69°0′E / 76.667°N 69.000°E / 76.667; 69.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea
72°41′N 69°0′E / 72.683°N 69.000°E / 72.683; 69.000 (Russia)   Russia Yamal Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
68°56′N 69°0′E / 68.933°N 69.000°E / 68.933; 69.000 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Baydaratskaya Bay
68°44′N 69°0′E / 68.733°N 69.000°E / 68.733; 69.000 (Russia)   Russia Yamalo-Nenetsia Khantia-Mansia (passing through Khanty-Mansiysk), Tyumen Oblast
55°26′N 69°0′E / 55.433°N 69.000°E / 55.433; 69.000 (Kazakhstan)   Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Region For about 10 km
55°20′N 69°0′E / 55.333°N 69.000°E / 55.333; 69.000 (Russia)   Russia Tyumen Oblast For about 6 km
55°17′N 69°0′E / 55.283°N 69.000°E / 55.283; 69.000 (Kazakhstan)   Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Region, Akmola Region, Karaganda Region, Turkistan Region
41°18′N 69°0′E / 41.300°N 69.000°E / 41.300; 69.000 (Uzbekistan)   Uzbekistan Tashkent Region, Sirdaryo Region
40°13′N 69°0′E / 40.217°N 69.000°E / 40.217; 69.000 (Tajikistan)   Tajikistan Sughd Region For about 9 km
40°7′N 69°0′E / 40.117°N 69.000°E / 40.117; 69.000 (Uzbekistan)   Uzbekistan Sirdaryo Region For about 7 km
40°4′N 69°0′E / 40.067°N 69.000°E / 40.067; 69.000 (Tajikistan)   Tajikistan Sughd Region, DCGJ Region, Khatlon Region
37°18′N 69°0′E / 37.300°N 69.000°E / 37.300; 69.000 (Afghanistan)   Afghanistan Kunduz Province, Baghlan Province, Parwan Province, Kabul Province (passing just west of Kabul), Logar Province, Paktia Province, Paktika Province
31°37′N 69°0′E / 31.617°N 69.000°E / 31.617; 69.000 (Pakistan)   Pakistan Balochistan
Sindh
24°13′N 69°0′E / 24.217°N 69.000°E / 24.217; 69.000 (India)   India Gujarat
22°57′N 69°0′E / 22.950°N 69.000°E / 22.950; 69.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Gulf of Kutch
22°25′N 69°0′E / 22.417°N 69.000°E / 22.417; 69.000 (India)   India Gujarat
22°11′N 69°0′E / 22.183°N 69.000°E / 22.183; 69.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
48°41′S 69°0′E / 48.683°S 69.000°E / -48.683; 69.000 (French Southern & Antarctic Lands)   French Southern and Antarctic Lands Island of Kerguelen
49°43′S 69°0′E / 49.717°S 69.000°E / -49.717; 69.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
60°0′S 69°0′E / 60.000°S 69.000°E / -60.000; 69.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
67°55′S 69°0′E / 67.917°S 69.000°E / -67.917; 69.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by   Australia

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