65th meridian west
The meridian 65° 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 Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 65th meridian west forms a great circle with the 115th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 65th meridian west passes through:
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| Co-ordinates |
Country, territory or sea |
Notes |
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Arctic Ocean |
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Lincoln Sea |
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Canada |
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut |
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Nares Strait |
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Greenland |
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Baffin Bay |
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Davis Strait |
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Canada |
Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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Davis Strait |
Cumberland Sound |
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Canada |
Christopher Hall Island, the Leybourne Islands and Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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Davis Strait |
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Canada |
Edgell Island and Resolution Island, Nunavut |
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Hudson Strait |
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Canada |
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec |
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Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
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Canada |
Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec |
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Chaleur Bay |
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Canada |
New Brunswick |
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Bay of Fundy |
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Canada |
Nova Scotia |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Passing just west of Bermuda |
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United States Virgin Islands |
Island of Saint Thomas |
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Caribbean Sea |
Passing just west of the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Passing just east of La Tortuga Island, Venezuela |
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Venezuela |
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Brazil |
Amazonas
Rondônia |
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Bolivia |
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Argentina |
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Atlantic Ocean |
San Matías Gulf |
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Argentina |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Passing through the Le Maire Strait between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados, Argentina |
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Southern Ocean |
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Antarctica |
Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom |
See also