From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 71st meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 71°0′W / 90.000°N 71.000°W / 90.000; -71.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°6′N 71°0′W / 83.100°N 71.000°W / 83.100; -71.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut – Ellesmere Island 79°50′N 71°0′W / 79.833°N 71.000°W / 79.833; -71.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 78°37′N 71°0′W / 78.617°N 71.000°W / 78.617; -71.000 (Greenland) Greenland 77°46′N 71°0′W / 77.767°N 71.000°W / 77.767; -71.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 77°28′N 71°0′W / 77.467°N 71.000°W / 77.467; -71.000 (Greenland) Greenland Herbert Island 77°22′N 71°0′W / 77.367°N 71.000°W / 77.367; -71.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 77°9′N 71°0′W / 77.150°N 71.000°W / 77.150; -71.000 (Greenland) Greenland 76°58′N 71°0′W / 76.967°N 71.000°W / 76.967; -71.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 71°3′N 71°0′W / 71.050°N 71.000°W / 71.050; -71.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island and Big Island 62°49′N 71°0′W / 62.817°N 71.000°W / 62.817; -71.000 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 61°8′N 71°0′W / 61.133°N 71.000°W / 61.133; -71.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec 45°21′N 71°0′W / 45.350°N 71.000°W / 45.350; -71.000 (United States) United States Maine
New Hampshire – from 43°58′N 71°0′W / 43.967°N 71.000°W / 43.967; -71.000 (New Hampshire)
Massachusetts – from 42°52′N 71°0′W / 42.867°N 71.000°W / 42.867; -71.000 (Massachusetts)42°21′N 71°0′W / 42.350°N 71.000°W / 42.350; -71.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Boston Harbor – passing just east of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (at 42°22′N 71°3′W / 42.367°N 71.050°W / 42.367; -71.050 (Boston)) 42°16′N 71°0′W / 42.267°N 71.000°W / 42.267; -71.000 (United States) United States Massachusetts 41°31′N 71°0′W / 41.517°N 71.000°W / 41.517; -71.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States (at 41°25′N 70°57′W / 41.417°N 70.950°W / 41.417; -70.950 (Cuttyhunk))
Passing just west of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States (at 41°20′N 70°50′W / 41.333°N 70.833°W / 41.333; -70.833 (Martha's Vineyard))
Passing just east of Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands (at 21°30′N 71°7′W / 21.500°N 71.117°W / 21.500; -71.117 (Grand Turk Island))19°56′N 71°0′W / 19.933°N 71.000°W / 19.933; -71.000 (Dominican Republic) Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola 18°18′N 71°0′W / 18.300°N 71.000°W / 18.300; -71.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 11°6′N 71°0′W / 11.100°N 71.000°W / 11.100; -71.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela 6°59′N 71°0′W / 6.983°N 71.000°W / 6.983; -71.000 (Colombia) Colombia 2°17′S 71°0′W / 2.283°S 71.000°W / -2.283; -71.000 (Peru) Peru 4°23′S 71°0′W / 4.383°S 71.000°W / -4.383; -71.000 (Brazil) Brazil Amazonas
Acre – from 8°0′S 71°0′W / 8.000°S 71.000°W / -8.000; -71.000 (Acre)9°49′S 71°0′W / 9.817°S 71.000°W / -9.817; -71.000 (Peru) Peru 17°53′S 71°0′W / 17.883°S 71.000°W / -17.883; -71.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 27°41′S 71°0′W / 27.683°S 71.000°W / -27.683; -71.000 (Chile) Chile 36°29′S 71°0′W / 36.483°S 71.000°W / -36.483; -71.000 (Argentina) Argentina 38°21′S 71°0′W / 38.350°S 71.000°W / -38.350; -71.000 (Chile) Chile 38°46′S 71°0′W / 38.767°S 71.000°W / -38.767; -71.000 (Argentina) Argentina 52°0′S 71°0′W / 52.000°S 71.000°W / -52.000; -71.000 (Chile) Chile 53°48′S 71°0′W / 53.800°S 71.000°W / -53.800; -71.000 (Straits of Magellan) Straits of Magellan 54°5′S 71°0′W / 54.083°S 71.000°W / -54.083; -71.000 (Chile) Chile Aracena Island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Stewart Island and Londonderry Island 54°59′S 71°0′W / 54.983°S 71.000°W / -54.983; -71.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 71°0′W / 60.000°S 71.000°W / -60.000; -71.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 68°52′S 71°0′W / 68.867°S 71.000°W / -68.867; -71.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by Argentina (Argentine Antarctica), Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
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