From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 63rd meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 63°0′W / 90.000°N 63.000°W / 90.000; -63.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°22′N 63°0′W / 83.367°N 63.000°W / 83.367; -63.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°35′N 63°0′W / 82.583°N 63.000°W / 82.583; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 81°54′N 63°0′W / 81.900°N 63.000°W / 81.900; -63.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 81°12′N 63°0′W / 81.200°N 63.000°W / 81.200; -63.000 (Greenland) Greenland 76°20′N 63°0′W / 76.333°N 63.000°W / 76.333; -63.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°0′N 63°0′W / 70.000°N 63.000°W / 70.000; -63.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 67°17′N 63°0′W / 67.283°N 63.000°W / 67.283; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 65°35′N 63°0′W / 65.583°N 63.000°W / 65.583; -63.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 65°18′N 63°0′W / 65.300°N 63.000°W / 65.300; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Muingmak Island 65°16′N 63°0′W / 65.267°N 63.000°W / 65.267; -63.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 60°0′N 63°0′W / 60.000°N 63.000°W / 60.000; -63.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea 58°53′N 63°0′W / 58.883°N 63.000°W / 58.883; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 63°0′W / 52.000°N 63.000°W / 52.000; -63.000 (Quebec)50°18′N 63°0′W / 50.300°N 63.000°W / 50.300; -63.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Jacques Cartier Strait 49°44′N 63°0′W / 49.733°N 63.000°W / 49.733; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec — Anticosti Island 49°12′N 63°0′W / 49.200°N 63.000°W / 49.200; -63.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 46°25′N 63°0′W / 46.417°N 63.000°W / 46.417; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Prince Edward Island 46°10′N 63°0′W / 46.167°N 63.000°W / 46.167; -63.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Hillsborough Bay 46°4′N 63°0′W / 46.067°N 63.000°W / 46.067; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Prince Edward Island 46°3′N 63°0′W / 46.050°N 63.000°W / 46.050; -63.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait 45°47′N 63°0′W / 45.783°N 63.000°W / 45.783; -63.000 (Canada) Canada Nova Scotia 44°42′N 63°0′W / 44.700°N 63.000°W / 44.700; -63.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 18°16′N 63°0′W / 18.267°N 63.000°W / 18.267; -63.000 (Anguilla) Anguilla 18°14′N 63°0′W / 18.233°N 63.000°W / 18.233; -63.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing between Saint Martin (at 18°7′N 63°1′W / 18.117°N 63.017°W / 18.117; -63.017 (Saint Martin)) and Île Tintamarre (at 18°7′N 62°59′W / 18.117°N 62.983°W / 18.117; -62.983 (Île Tintamarre)), Saint Martin
Passing just east of Sint Maarten (at 18°3′N 63°1′W / 18.050°N 63.017°W / 18.050; -63.017 (Sint Maarten))
Passing just west of Saint Barthélemy (at 18°3′N 63°1′W / 18.050°N 63.017°W / 18.050; -63.017 (Saint Barthélemy))17°32′N 63°0′W / 17.533°N 63.000°W / 17.533; -63.000 (Netherlands) Netherlands Island of Sint Eustatius 17°30′N 63°0′W / 17.500°N 63.000°W / 17.500; -63.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis (at 17°22′N 62°52′W / 17.367°N 62.867°W / 17.367; -62.867 (Saint Kitts))
Passing just east of the Los Testigos Islands, Venezuela (at 11°22′N 63°4′W / 11.367°N 63.067°W / 11.367; -63.067 (Los Testigos Islands))10°43′N 63°0′W / 10.717°N 63.000°W / 10.717; -63.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela 3°37′N 63°0′W / 3.617°N 63.000°W / 3.617; -63.000 (Brazil) Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 2°1′N 63°0′W / 2.017°N 63.000°W / 2.017; -63.000 (Amazonas)
Rondônia — from 7°59′S 63°0′W / 7.983°S 63.000°W / -7.983; -63.000 (Rondônia)12°51′S 63°0′W / 12.850°S 63.000°W / -12.850; -63.000 (Bolivia) Bolivia 22°0′S 63°0′W / 22.000°S 63.000°W / -22.000; -63.000 (Argentina) Argentina 41°7′S 63°0′W / 41.117°S 63.000°W / -41.117; -63.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 63°0′W / 60.000°S 63.000°W / -60.000; -63.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just west of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom (at 63°5′S 62°44′W / 63.083°S 62.733°W / -63.083; -62.733 (Smith Island)) 64°32′S 63°0′W / 64.533°S 63.000°W / -64.533; -63.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Anvers Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom 64°36′S 63°0′W / 64.600°S 63.000°W / -64.600; -63.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 64°47′S 63°0′W / 64.783°S 63.000°W / -64.783; -63.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
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