65th meridian west

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The meridian 65° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude [1] 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.

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The 65th meridian west forms a great circle with the 115th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 65th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
90°0′N65°0′W / 90.000°N 65.000°W / 90.000; -65.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°18′N65°0′W / 83.300°N 65.000°W / 83.300; -65.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
82°54′N65°0′W / 82.900°N 65.000°W / 82.900; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
81°20′N65°0′W / 81.333°N 65.000°W / 81.333; -65.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
80°46′N65°0′W / 80.767°N 65.000°W / 80.767; -65.000 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Washington Land
76°1′N65°0′W / 76.017°N 65.000°W / 76.017; -65.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
70°0′N65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
68°3′N65°0′W / 68.050°N 65.000°W / 68.050; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
70°0′N65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Cumberland Sound
64°29′N65°0′W / 64.483°N 65.000°W / 64.483; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut — Christopher Hall Island, the Leybourne Islands and Baffin Island
62°29′N65°0′W / 62.483°N 65.000°W / 62.483; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
61°52′N65°0′W / 61.867°N 65.000°W / 61.867; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut — Edgell Island and Resolution Island
61°24′N65°0′W / 61.400°N 65.000°W / 61.400; -65.000 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait
60°10′N65°0′W / 60.167°N 65.000°W / 60.167; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 54°55′N65°0′W / 54.917°N 65.000°W / 54.917; -65.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 51°45′N65°0′W / 51.750°N 65.000°W / 51.750; -65.000 (Quebec)
50°16′N65°0′W / 50.267°N 65.000°W / 50.267; -65.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence
49°13′N65°0′W / 49.217°N 65.000°W / 49.217; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Quebec — Gaspé Peninsula
48°7′N65°0′W / 48.117°N 65.000°W / 48.117; -65.000 (Chaleur Bay) Chaleur Bay
47°50′N65°0′W / 47.833°N 65.000°W / 47.833; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada New Brunswick
45°33′N65°0′W / 45.550°N 65.000°W / 45.550; -65.000 (Bay of Fundy) Bay of Fundy
45°5′N65°0′W / 45.083°N 65.000°W / 45.083; -65.000 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nova Scotia
43°46′N65°0′W / 43.767°N 65.000°W / 43.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda (at 32°17′N64°54′W / 32.283°N 64.900°W / 32.283; -64.900 (Bermuda) )
18°23′N65°0′W / 18.383°N 65.000°W / 18.383; -65.000 (US Virgin Islands) Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Island of Saint Thomas
18°21′N65°0′W / 18.350°N 65.000°W / 18.350; -65.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Saint Croix, Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands (at 17°41′N64°54′W / 17.683°N 64.900°W / 17.683; -64.900 (Saint Croix) )
Passing just east of La Tortuga Island, Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (at 10°54′N65°12′W / 10.900°N 65.200°W / 10.900; -65.200 (La Tortuga) )
10°4′N65°0′W / 10.067°N 65.000°W / 10.067; -65.000 (Venezuela) Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
1°11′N65°0′W / 1.183°N 65.000°W / 1.183; -65.000 (Brazil) Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Amazonas
Rondônia — from 9°20′S66°0′W / 9.333°S 66.000°W / -9.333; -66.000 (Rondônia)
12°0′S65°0′W / 12.000°S 65.000°W / -12.000; -65.000 (Bolivia) Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
22°5′S65°0′W / 22.083°S 65.000°W / -22.083; -65.000 (Argentina) Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
40°46′S65°0′W / 40.767°S 65.000°W / -40.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean San Matías Gulf
42°7′S65°0′W / 42.117°S 65.000°W / -42.117; -65.000 (Argentina) Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
43°16′S65°0′W / 43.267°S 65.000°W / -43.267; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing through the Le Maire Strait between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (at 54°39′S65°6′W / 54.650°S 65.100°W / -54.650; -65.100 (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego) ) and Isla de los Estados (at 54°50′S64°45′W / 54.833°S 64.750°W / -54.833; -64.750 (Isla de los Estados) ), Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
60°0′S65°0′W / 60.000°S 65.000°W / -60.000; -65.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
65°55′S65°0′W / 65.917°S 65.000°W / -65.917; -65.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina, Flag of Chile.svg  Chile and the Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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