77th meridian west

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77th meridian west

The meridian 77° 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 Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 77th meridian west forms a great circle with the 103rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 77th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 77°0′W / 90.000°N 77.000°W Arctic Ocean
83°1′N 77°0′W / 83.017°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
77°54′N 77°0′W / 77.900°N 77.000°W Baffin Bay
73°21′N 77°0′W / 73.350°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Bylot Island and Baffin Island
69°36′N 77°0′W / 69.600°N 77.000°W Foxe Basin
69°25′N 77°0′W / 69.417°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Bray Island
69°9′N 77°0′W / 69.150°N 77.000°W Foxe Basin
68°2′N 77°0′W / 68.033°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Prince Charles Island
67°15′N 77°0′W / 67.250°N 77.000°W Foxe Basin
65°24′N 77°0′W / 65.400°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
64°15′N 77°0′W / 64.250°N 77.000°W Hudson Strait
63°40′N 77°0′W / 63.667°N 77.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Salisbury Island
63°25′N 77°0′W / 63.417°N 77.000°W Hudson Strait
62°32′N 77°0′W / 62.533°N 77.000°W  Canada Quebec
57°49′N 77°0′W / 57.817°N 77.000°W Hudson Bay
55°48′N 77°0′W / 55.800°N 77.000°W  Canada Quebec
Ontario — from 45°48′N 77°0′W / 45.800°N 77.000°W
43°53′N 77°0′W / 43.883°N 77.000°W Lake Ontario
43°16′N 77°0′W / 43.267°N 77.000°W  United States New York
Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 77°0′W / 42.000°N 77.000°W
Maryland — from 39°42′N 77°0′W / 39.700°N 77.000°W
District of Columbia — from 38°58′N 77°0′W / 38.967°N 77.000°W
Maryland — from 38°49′N 77°0′W / 38.817°N 77.000°W
Virginia — from 38°20′N 77°0′W / 38.333°N 77.000°W
North Carolina — from 36°32′N 77°0′W / 36.533°N 77.000°W
34°40′N 77°0′W / 34.667°N 77.000°W Atlantic Ocean
26°35′N 77°0′W / 26.583°N 77.000°W  Bahamas Man-O-War Cay and Great Abaco Island
26°19′N 77°0′W / 26.317°N 77.000°W Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Eleuthera,  Bahamas (at 25°24′N 76°47′W / 25.400°N 76.783°W)
Passing just east of the island of New Providence,  Bahamas (at 25°2′N 77°15′W / 25.033°N 77.250°W)
21°31′N 77°0′W / 21.517°N 77.000°W  Cuba
19°53′N 77°0′W / 19.883°N 77.000°W Caribbean Sea
18°24′N 77°0′W / 18.400°N 77.000°W  Jamaica
17°51′N 77°0′W / 17.850°N 77.000°W Caribbean Sea
8°15′N 77°0′W / 8.250°N 77.000°W  Colombia
0°18′N 77°0′W / 0.300°N 77.000°W  Ecuador
2°43′S 77°0′W / 2.717°S 77.000°W  Peru Passing just east of Lima (at 12°2′S 77°2′W / 12.033°S 77.033°W)
12°14′S 77°0′W / 12.233°S 77.000°W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 77°0′W / 60.000°S 77.000°W Southern Ocean
72°41′S 77°0′W / 72.683°S 77.000°W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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