62nd Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 62nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 62°0′W / 90.000°N 62.000°W / 90.000; -62.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°24′N 62°0′W / 83.400°N 62.000°W / 83.400; -62.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
82°30′N 62°0′W / 82.500°N 62.000°W / 82.500; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
82°5′N 62°0′W / 82.083°N 62.000°W / 82.083; -62.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
81°8′N 62°0′W / 81.133°N 62.000°W / 81.133; -62.000 (Greenland) Greenland
76°4′N 62°0′W / 76.067°N 62.000°W / 76.067; -62.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
70°0′N 62°0′W / 70.000°N 62.000°W / 70.000; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
67°3′N 62°0′W / 67.050°N 62.000°W / 67.050; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
66°17′N 62°0′W / 66.283°N 62.000°W / 66.283; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Exeter Sound
66°2′N 62°0′W / 66.033°N 62.000°W / 66.033; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
66°1′N 62°0′W / 66.017°N 62.000°W / 66.017; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Passing just east of Angijak Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 65°39′N 62°7′W / 65.650°N 62.117°W / 65.650; -62.117 (Angijak Island))
60°0′N 62°0′W / 60.000°N 62.000°W / 60.000; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
57°55′N 62°0′W / 57.917°N 62.000°W / 57.917; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 62°0′W / 52.000°N 62.000°W / 52.000; -62.000 (Quebec)
50°12′N 62°0′W / 50.200°N 62.000°W / 50.200; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Jacques Cartier Strait
49°22′N 62°0′W / 49.367°N 62.000°W / 49.367; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec — Anticosti Island
49°4′N 62°0′W / 49.067°N 62.000°W / 49.067; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence
47°17′N 62°0′W / 47.283°N 62.000°W / 47.283; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec — Magdalen Islands
47°13′N 62°0′W / 47.217°N 62.000°W / 47.217; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°28′N 62°0′W / 46.467°N 62.000°W / 46.467; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Prince Edward Island — easternmost tip
46°27′N 62°0′W / 46.450°N 62.000°W / 46.450; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait
45°52′N 62°0′W / 45.867°N 62.000°W / 45.867; -62.000 (Canada) Canada Nova Scotia
44°59′N 62°0′W / 44.983°N 62.000°W / 44.983; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
17°45′N 62°0′W / 17.750°N 62.000°W / 17.750; -62.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda (at 17°42′N 61°53′W / 17.700°N 61.883°W / 17.700; -61.883 (Barbuda))
Passing just west of the island of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (at 17°6′N 61°54′W / 17.100°N 61.900°W / 17.100; -61.900 (Antigua))
Passing just east of the island of Montserrat (at 16°41′N 62°9′W / 16.683°N 62.150°W / 16.683; -62.150 (Montserrat))
Passing just west of the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France (at 16°16′N 61°48′W / 16.267°N 61.800°W / 16.267; -61.800 (Basse-Terre Island))
Passing just west of the island of Grenada (at 12°0′N 61°48′W / 12.000°N 61.800°W / 12.000; -61.800 (Grenada))
10°43′N 62°0′W / 10.717°N 62.000°W / 10.717; -62.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela Paria Peninsula
10°39′N 62°0′W / 10.650°N 62.000°W / 10.650; -62.000 (Gulf of Paria) Gulf of Paria Passing just west of the island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (at 10°3′N 61°55′W / 10.050°N 61.917°W / 10.050; -61.917 (Trinidad))
9°56′N 62°0′W / 9.933°N 62.000°W / 9.933; -62.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela
4°10′N 62°0′W / 4.167°N 62.000°W / 4.167; -62.000 (Brazil) Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 1°11′S 62°0′W / 1.183°S 62.000°W / -1.183; -62.000 (Amazonas)
Rondônia — from 8°48′S 62°0′W / 8.800°S 62.000°W / -8.800; -62.000 (Rondônia)
13°21′S 62°0′W / 13.350°S 62.000°W / -13.350; -62.000 (Bolivia) Bolivia
20°12′S 62°0′W / 20.200°S 62.000°W / -20.200; -62.000 (Paraguay) Paraguay
23°0′S 62°0′W / 23.000°S 62.000°W / -23.000; -62.000 (Argentina) Argentina Mainland, Isla Bermejo and Isla Trinidad
39°10′S 62°0′W / 39.167°S 62.000°W / -39.167; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 62°0′W / 60.000°S 62.000°W / -60.000; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
63°15′S 62°0′W / 63.250°S 62.000°W / -63.250; -62.000 (South Shetland Islands) South Shetland Islands Low Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
63°19′S 62°0′W / 63.317°S 62.000°W / -63.317; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
64°0′S 62°0′W / 64.000°S 62.000°W / -64.000; -62.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Liège Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
64°4′S 62°0′W / 64.067°S 62.000°W / -64.067; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
64°41′S 62°0′W / 64.683°S 62.000°W / -64.683; -62.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom

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