64th Meridian West
The meridian 64° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 64th meridian west forms a great circle with the 116th meridian east.
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