66th meridian west
The meridian 66° 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 66th meridian west forms a great circle with the 114th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 66th 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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Nares Strait |
Kane Basin |
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Greenland |
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Baffin Bay |
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Davis Strait |
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Canada |
Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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Davis Strait |
Cumberland Sound |
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Canada |
Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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Frobisher Bay |
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Canada |
Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut |
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Hudson Strait |
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Ungava Bay |
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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 |
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Puerto Rico |
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Caribbean Sea |
Passing just east of the island of La Orchila, 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 Jorge Gulf |
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Argentina |
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Atlantic Ocean |
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Argentina |
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego |
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Atlantic Ocean |
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Southern Ocean |
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Antarctica |
Renaud Island - claimed by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom |
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Southern Ocean |
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Antarctica |
Claimed by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom |
See also