81st meridian west

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81st meridian west

The meridian 81° 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, the Pacific Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 81st meridian west forms a great circle with the 99th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 81st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
 Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Jones Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Devon Island
Lancaster Sound
Navy Board Inlet Passing just west of Bylot Island, Nunavut,  Canada
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Foxe Basin Passing just east of the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut,  Canada
Foxe Channel
 Canada Nunavut - Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island
Hudson Bay
James Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Akimiski Island
James Bay
 Canada Ontario - passing through Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Lake Erie
 United States Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina - passing through Columbia
Georgia
Atlantic Ocean
 United States Florida
Florida Bay
 United States Florida - Key Vaca
Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida
 Cuba
Caribbean Sea Passing just east of the island of Grand Cayman,  Cayman Islands
 Panama
Pacific Ocean
 Ecuador For about 1km near the city of Salinas
Pacific Ocean Gulf of Guayaquil
 Peru
Pacific Ocean
 Peru
Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Alejandro Selkirk Island,  Chile
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile

See also