From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 80th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 80°0′W / 90.000°N 80.000°W / 90.000; -80.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°56′N 80°0′W / 82.933°N 80.000°W / 82.933; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 76°14′N 80°0′W / 76.233°N 80.000°W / 76.233; -80.000 (Jones Sound) Jones Sound Passing just west of Coburg Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 75°52′N 79°45′W / 75.867°N 79.750°W / 75.867; -79.750 (Coburg Island)) 75°33′N 80°0′W / 75.550°N 80.000°W / 75.550; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Devon Island and Philpots Island 74°50′N 80°0′W / 74.833°N 80.000°W / 74.833; -80.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 73°44′N 80°0′W / 73.733°N 80.000°W / 73.733; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Bylot Island 72°53′N 80°0′W / 72.883°N 80.000°W / 72.883; -80.000 (Eclipse Sound) Eclipse Sound 72°31′N 80°0′W / 72.517°N 80.000°W / 72.517; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ragged Island and Baffin Island 69°57′N 80°0′W / 69.950°N 80.000°W / 69.950; -80.000 (Murray Maxwell Bay) Murray Maxwell Bay 72°31′N 80°0′W / 72.517°N 80.000°W / 72.517; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Jens Munk Island 69°30′N 80°0′W / 69.500°N 80.000°W / 69.500; -80.000 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 65°30′N 80°0′W / 65.500°N 80.000°W / 65.500; -80.000 (Foxe Channel) Foxe Channel Passing just east of Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 63°46′N 80°9′W / 63.767°N 80.150°W / 63.767; -80.150 (Southampton Island)) 63°4′N 80°0′W / 63.067°N 80.000°W / 63.067; -80.000 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 62°19′N 80°0′W / 62.317°N 80.000°W / 62.317; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Mansel Island 61°43′N 80°0′W / 61.717°N 80.000°W / 61.717; -80.000 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 59°53′N 80°0′W / 59.883°N 80.000°W / 59.883; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Gilmour Island 59°48′N 80°0′W / 59.800°N 80.000°W / 59.800; -80.000 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay Passing just west of Split Island, Nunavut, Canada 56°19′N 80°0′W / 56.317°N 80.000°W / 56.317; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Kugong Island and Flaherty Island 55°54′N 80°0′W / 55.900°N 80.000°W / 55.900; -80.000 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 54°41′N 80°0′W / 54.683°N 80.000°W / 54.683; -80.000 (James Bay) James Bay 53°23′N 80°0′W / 53.383°N 80.000°W / 53.383; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — North Twin Island 53°14′N 80°0′W / 53.233°N 80.000°W / 53.233; -80.000 (James Bay) James Bay Passing just west of South Twin Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 53°7′N 79°56′W / 53.117°N 79.933°W / 53.117; -79.933 (South Twin Island)) 51°14′N 80°0′W / 51.233°N 80.000°W / 51.233; -80.000 (Canada) Canada Ontario 42°48′N 80°0′W / 42.800°N 80.000°W / 42.800; -80.000 (Lake Erie) Lake Erie 42°10′N 80°0′W / 42.167°N 80.000°W / 42.167; -80.000 (United States) United States Pennsylvania — passing through Pittsburgh (at 40°26′N 80°0′W / 40.433°N 80.000°W / 40.433; -80.000 (Pittsburgh))
West Virginia — from 39°43′N 80°0′W / 39.717°N 80.000°W / 39.717; -80.000 (West Virginia)
Virginia — from 38°0′N 80°0′W / 38.000°N 80.000°W / 38.000; -80.000 (Virginia)
North Carolina — from 36°32′N 80°0′W / 36.533°N 80.000°W / 36.533; -80.000 (North Carolina)
South Carolina — from 34°48′N 80°0′W / 34.800°N 80.000°W / 34.800; -80.000 (South Carolina), passing through Charleston (at 32°52′N 80°0′W / 32.867°N 80.000°W / 32.867; -80.000 (Charleston))32°37′N 80°0′W / 32.617°N 80.000°W / 32.617; -80.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Palm Beach, Florida, United States (at 26°42′N 80°1′W / 26.700°N 80.017°W / 26.700; -80.017 (Palm Beach))
Passing through the Cay Sal Bank atoll, Bahamas (at 24°4′N 80°0′W / 24.067°N 80.000°W / 24.067; -80.000 (Cay Sal Bank))23°3′N 80°0′W / 23.050°N 80.000°W / 23.050; -80.000 (Cuba) Cuba 21°44′N 80°0′W / 21.733°N 80.000°W / 21.733; -80.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 19°43′N 80°0′W / 19.717°N 80.000°W / 19.717; -80.000 (Cayman Islands) Cayman Islands Island of Little Cayman 19°42′N 80°0′W / 19.700°N 80.000°W / 19.700; -80.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 9°20′N 80°0′W / 9.333°N 80.000°W / 9.333; -80.000 (Panama) Panama 8°26′N 80°0′W / 8.433°N 80.000°W / 8.433; -80.000 (Gulf of Panama) Gulf of Panama 7°31′N 80°0′W / 7.517°N 80.000°W / 7.517; -80.000 (Panama) Panama Passing through the tip of the Azuero Peninsula 7°28′N 80°0′W / 7.467°N 80.000°W / 7.467; -80.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 0°49′N 80°0′W / 0.817°N 80.000°W / 0.817; -80.000 (Ecuador) Ecuador The mainland, Puná Island, and the mainland again 4°22′S 80°0′W / 4.367°S 80.000°W / -4.367; -80.000 (Peru) Peru Piura Region
Lambayeque Region — from 5°41′S 80°0′W / 5.683°S 80.000°W / -5.683; -80.000 (Lambayeque)6°44′S 80°0′W / 6.733°S 80.000°W / -6.733; -80.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing close between the Desventuradas Islands, Chile (at 26°19′S 80°0′W / 26.317°S 80.000°W / -26.317; -80.000 (Desventuradas Islands))
Passing some distance between the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (at 33°40′S 80°0′W / 33.667°S 80.000°W / -33.667; -80.000 (Juan Fernández Islands))60°0′S 80°0′W / 60.000°S 80.000°W / -60.000; -80.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 73°2′S 80°0′W / 73.033°S 80.000°W / -73.033; -80.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Defines the western limit of British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom
Passes through Antártica Chilena Province, claimed by Chile
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