78th meridian west

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78th meridian west

The meridian 78° 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 78th meridian west forms a great circle with the 102nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 78th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 78°0′W / 90.000°N 78.000°W Arctic Ocean
82°54′N 78°0′W / 82.900°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
77°28′N 78°0′W / 77.467°N 78.000°W Baffin Bay
76°59′N 78°0′W / 76.983°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°37′N 78°0′W / 76.617°N 78.000°W Baffin Bay
73°38′N 78°0′W / 73.633°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Bylot Island
72°53′N 78°0′W / 72.883°N 78.000°W Eclipse Sound
72°41′N 78°0′W / 72.683°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
70°14′N 78°0′W / 70.233°N 78.000°W Foxe Basin
69°43′N 78°0′W / 69.717°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Koch Island
69°37′N 78°0′W / 69.617°N 78.000°W Foxe Basin
65°0′N 78°0′W / 65.000°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
64°25′N 78°0′W / 64.417°N 78.000°W Foxe Channel
64°0′N 78°0′W / 64.000°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — unnamed island just west of Mill Island
63°57′N 78°0′W / 63.950°N 78.000°W Foxe Channel
63°28′N 78°0′W / 63.467°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Nottingham Island
63°7′N 78°0′W / 63.117°N 78.000°W Foxe Channel
62°35′N 78°0′W / 62.583°N 78.000°W  Canada Nunavut — Digges Islands
62°33′N 78°0′W / 62.550°N 78.000°W Hudson Bay
62°23′N 78°0′W / 62.383°N 78.000°W  Canada Quebec — Ungava Peninsula
61°42′N 78°0′W / 61.700°N 78.000°W Hudson Bay
60°59′N 78°0′W / 60.983°N 78.000°W  Canada Quebec — Ungava Peninsula
60°46′N 78°0′W / 60.767°N 78.000°W Hudson Bay
59°16′N 78°0′W / 59.267°N 78.000°W  Canada Quebec — Ungava Peninsula
Nunavut — from 58°21′N 78°0′W / 58.350°N 78.000°W, Frazier Island
58°20′N 78°0′W / 58.333°N 78.000°W Hudson Bay Passing through the Salikuit Islands (at 56°18′N 78°0′W / 56.300°N 78.000°W)
55°11′N 78°0′W / 55.183°N 78.000°W  Canada Quebec
Ontario — from 46°14′N 78°0′W / 46.233°N 78.000°W
43°58′N 78°0′W / 43.967°N 78.000°W Lake Ontario
43°22′N 78°0′W / 43.367°N 78.000°W  United States New York
Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 78°0′W / 42.000°N 78.000°W
Maryland — from 39°43′N 78°0′W / 39.717°N 78.000°W
West Virginia — from 39°36′N 78°0′W / 39.600°N 78.000°W
Virginia — from 39°14′N 78°0′W / 39.233°N 78.000°W
North Carolina — from 36°33′N 78°0′W / 36.550°N 78.000°W
33°51′N 78°0′W / 33.850°N 78.000°W Atlantic Ocean
26°43′N 78°0′W / 26.717°N 78.000°W  Bahamas Island of Grand Bahama
26°39′N 78°0′W / 26.650°N 78.000°W Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the Berry Islands,  Bahamas (at 25°49′N 77°55′W / 25.817°N 77.917°W)
25°9′N 78°0′W / 25.150°N 78.000°W  Bahamas Island of Andros
24°13′N 78°0′W / 24.217°N 78.000°W Atlantic Ocean
22°18′N 78°0′W / 22.300°N 78.000°W  Cuba Cayo Romano and the mainland
20°42′N 78°0′W / 20.700°N 78.000°W Caribbean Sea
18°27′N 78°0′W / 18.450°N 78.000°W  Jamaica
18°7′N 78°0′W / 18.117°N 78.000°W Caribbean Sea
9°11′N 78°0′W / 9.183°N 78.000°W  Panama
7°19′N 78°0′W / 7.317°N 78.000°W Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Gorgona island,  Colombia (at 3°0′N 78°10′W / 3.000°N 78.167°W)
2°39′N 78°0′W / 2.650°N 78.000°W  Colombia
0°50′N 78°0′W / 0.833°N 78.000°W  Ecuador
3°8′S 78°0′W / 3.133°S 78.000°W  Peru
10°26′S 78°0′W / 10.433°S 78.000°W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 78°0′W / 60.000°S 78.000°W Southern Ocean
72°31′S 78°0′W / 72.517°S 78.000°W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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