79th Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 79°0′W / 90.000°N 79.000°W / 90.000; -79.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
82°52′N 79°0′W / 82.867°N 79.000°W / 82.867; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 79°0′W / 76.417°N 79.000°W / 76.417; -79.000 (Glacier Strait)	Glacier Strait
76°7′N 79°0′W / 76.117°N 79.000°W / 76.117; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Coburg Island
75°50′N 79°0′W / 75.833°N 79.000°W / 75.833; -79.000 (Baffin Bay)	Baffin Bay
73°38′N 79°0′W / 73.633°N 79.000°W / 73.633; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Bylot Island
72°46′N 79°0′W / 72.767°N 79.000°W / 72.767; -79.000 (Eclipse Sound)	Eclipse Sound
72°26′N 79°0′W / 72.433°N 79.000°W / 72.433; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Emmerson Island, Frechette Island and Baffin Island
69°53′N 79°0′W / 69.883°N 79.000°W / 69.883; -79.000 (Foxe Basin)	Foxe Basin	Passing just west of Koch Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°29′N 78°51′W / 69.483°N 78.850°W / 69.483; -78.850 (Koch Island))
69°7′N 79°0′W / 69.117°N 79.000°W / 69.117; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Rowley Island
68°54′N 79°0′W / 68.900°N 79.000°W / 68.900; -79.000 (Foxe Basin)	Foxe Basin	Passing just west of North Spicer Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 68°29′N 78°57′W / 68.483°N 78.950°W / 68.483; -78.950 (Spicer Islands))
68°22′N 79°0′W / 68.367°N 79.000°W / 68.367; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — South Spicer Island
68°11′N 79°0′W / 68.183°N 79.000°W / 68.183; -79.000 (Foxe Basin)	Foxe Basin
65°30′N 79°0′W / 65.500°N 79.000°W / 65.500; -79.000 (Foxe Channel)	Foxe Channel
62°42′N 79°0′W / 62.700°N 79.000°W / 62.700; -79.000 (Hudson Bay)	Hudson Bay	Passing just west of Elsie Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 58°51′N 78°58′W / 58.850°N 78.967°W / 58.850; -78.967 (Elsie Island))
56°25′N 79°0′W / 56.417°N 79.000°W / 56.417; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island
55°59′N 79°0′W / 55.983°N 79.000°W / 55.983; -79.000 (Hudson Bay)	Hudson Bay	Passing just east of Long Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 54°56′N 79°1′W / 54.933°N 79.017°W / 54.933; -79.017 (Long Island))
54°50′N 79°0′W / 54.833°N 79.000°W / 54.833; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Quebec
53°24′N 79°0′W / 53.400°N 79.000°W / 53.400; -79.000 (James Bay)	James Bay
51°47′N 79°0′W / 51.783°N 79.000°W / 51.783; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Quebec Ontario — from 46°35′N 79°0′W / 46.583°N 79.000°W / 46.583; -79.000 (Ontario)
43°49′N 79°0′W / 43.817°N 79.000°W / 43.817; -79.000 (Lake Ontario)	Lake Ontario
43°16′N 79°0′W / 43.267°N 79.000°W / 43.267; -79.000 (United States)	United States	New York — passing just east of Niagara Falls (at 43°5′N 79°4′W / 43.083°N 79.067°W / 43.083; -79.067 (Niagara Falls))
42°58′N 79°0′W / 42.967°N 79.000°W / 42.967; -79.000 (Canada)	Canada	Ontario
42°52′N 79°0′W / 42.867°N 79.000°W / 42.867; -79.000 (Lake Erie)	Lake Erie
42°42′N 79°0′W / 42.700°N 79.000°W / 42.700; -79.000 (United States)	United States	New York Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 79°0′W / 42.000°N 79.000°W / 42.000; -79.000 (Pennsylvania) Maryland — from 39°43′N 79°0′W / 39.717°N 79.000°W / 39.717; -79.000 (Maryland) West Virginia — from 39°27′N 79°0′W / 39.450°N 79.000°W / 39.450; -79.000 (West Virginia) Virginia — from 38°49′N 79°0′W / 38.817°N 79.000°W / 38.817; -79.000 (Virginia) North Carolina — from 36°32′N 79°0′W / 36.533°N 79.000°W / 36.533; -79.000 (North Carolina) South Carolina — from 34°14′N 79°0′W / 34.233°N 79.000°W / 34.233; -79.000 (South Carolina)
33°34′N 79°0′W / 33.567°N 79.000°W / 33.567; -79.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of Grand Bahama, Bahamas (at 26°41′N 79°0′W / 26.683°N 79.000°W / 26.683; -79.000 (Grand Bahama))
22°40′N 79°0′W / 22.667°N 79.000°W / 22.667; -79.000 (Cuba)	Cuba	Cayo Santa Maria and the mainland
21°36′N 79°0′W / 21.600°N 79.000°W / 21.600; -79.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Caribbean Sea
20°53′N 79°0′W / 20.883°N 79.000°W / 20.883; -79.000 (Cuba)	Cuba	Doce Leguas Cays
20°51′N 79°0′W / 20.850°N 79.000°W / 20.850; -79.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Caribbean Sea
9°34′N 79°0′W / 9.567°N 79.000°W / 9.567; -79.000 (Panama)	Panama
8°57′N 79°0′W / 8.950°N 79.000°W / 8.950; -79.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Panama
8°28′N 79°0′W / 8.467°N 79.000°W / 8.467; -79.000 (Panama)	Panama	Pearl Islands
8°27′N 79°0′W / 8.450°N 79.000°W / 8.450; -79.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
1°41′N 79°0′W / 1.683°N 79.000°W / 1.683; -79.000 (Colombia)	Colombia	Westernmost point
1°35′N 79°0′W / 1.583°N 79.000°W / 1.583; -79.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Ancón de Sardinas Bay
1°14′N 79°0′W / 1.233°N 79.000°W / 1.233; -79.000 (Ecuador)	Ecuador
4°59′S 79°0′W / 4.983°S 79.000°W / -4.983; -79.000 (Peru)	Peru
8°13′S 79°0′W / 8.217°S 79.000°W / -8.217; -79.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
33°40′S 79°0′W / 33.667°S 79.000°W / -33.667; -79.000 (Chile)	Chile	Islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara
33°42′S 79°0′W / 33.700°S 79.000°W / -33.700; -79.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 79°0′W / 60.000°S 79.000°W / -60.000; -79.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
72°57′S 79°0′W / 72.950°S 79.000°W / -72.950; -79.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)