79th meridian west
The meridian 79° 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, Central America, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 79th meridian west forms a great circle with the 101st meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th 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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Canada |
Nunavut - Ellesmere Island |
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Glacier Strait |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Coburg Island |
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Baffin Bay |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Bylot Island |
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Eclipse Sound |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Emmerson Island, Frechette Island and Baffin Island |
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Foxe Basin |
Passing just west of Koch Island, Nunavut, Canada |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Rowley Island |
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Foxe Basin |
Passing just west of North Spicer Island, Nunavut, Canada |
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Canada |
Nunavut - South Spicer Island |
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Foxe Basin |
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Foxe Channel |
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Hudson Bay |
Passing just west of Elsie Island, Nunavut, Canada |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island |
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Hudson Bay |
Passing just east of Long Island, Nunavut, Canada |
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Canada |
Quebec |
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James Bay |
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Canada |
Quebec
Ontario |
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Lake Ontario |
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United States |
New York - just east of Niagara Falls |
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Canada |
Ontario |
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Lake Erie |
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United States |
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Passing just west of Grand Bahama, Bahamas |
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Cuba |
Cayo Santa Maria and the mainland |
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Caribbean Sea |
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Cuba |
Doce Leguas Cays |
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Caribbean Sea |
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Panama |
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Pacific Ocean |
Gulf of Panama |
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Panama |
Pearl Islands |
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Pacific Ocean |
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Colombia |
Westernmost point |
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Pacific Ocean |
Ancón de Sardinas Bay |
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Ecuador |
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Peru |
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Pacific Ocean |
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Chile |
Islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara |
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Pacific Ocean |
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Southern Ocean |
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Antarctica |
Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) |
See also