83rd Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 83°0′W / 90.000°N 83.000°W / 90.000; -83.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
82°17′N 83°0′W / 82.283°N 83.000°W / 82.283; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 83°0′W / 76.417°N 83.000°W / 76.417; -83.000 (Jones Sound) Jones Sound
75°45′N 83°0′W / 75.750°N 83.000°W / 75.750; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
74°35′N 83°0′W / 74.583°N 83.000°W / 74.583; -83.000 (Lancaster Sound) Lancaster Sound
73°40′N 83°0′W / 73.667°N 83.000°W / 73.667; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°58′N 83°0′W / 69.967°N 83.000°W / 69.967; -83.000 (Fury and Hecla Strait) Fury and Hecla Strait
69°46′N 83°0′W / 69.767°N 83.000°W / 69.767; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island
66°12′N 83°0′W / 66.200°N 83.000°W / 66.200; -83.000 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
64°54′N 83°0′W / 64.900°N 83.000°W / 64.900; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°57′N 83°0′W / 63.950°N 83.000°W / 63.950; -83.000 (Evans Strait) Evans Strait
62°52′N 83°0′W / 62.867°N 83.000°W / 62.867; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Coats Island
62°13′N 83°0′W / 62.217°N 83.000°W / 62.217; -83.000 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay
55°16′N 83°0′W / 55.267°N 83.000°W / 55.267; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — a small unnamed island
Ontario — from 55°13′N 85°0′W / 55.217°N 85.000°W / 55.217; -85.000 (Ontario), the mainland and Manitoulin Island
45°49′N 83°0′W / 45.817°N 83.000°W / 45.817; -83.000 (Lake Huron) Lake Huron
44°3′N 83°0′W / 44.050°N 83.000°W / 44.050; -83.000 (United States) United States Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W / 42.333°N 83.000°W / 42.333; -83.000 (Detroit))
42°19′N 83°0′W / 42.317°N 83.000°W / 42.317; -83.000 (Canada) Canada Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W / 42.300°N 83.000°W / 42.300; -83.000 (Windsor)
42°1′N 83°0′W / 42.017°N 83.000°W / 42.017; -83.000 (Lake Erie) Lake Erie
41°32′N 83°0′W / 41.533°N 83.000°W / 41.533; -83.000 (United States) United States Ohio — passing through Columbus (at 39°57′N 83°0′W / 39.950°N 83.000°W / 39.950; -83.000 (Columbus))
Kentucky — from 38°43′N 83°0′W / 38.717°N 83.000°W / 38.717; -83.000 (Kentucky)
Virginia — from 36°51′N 83°0′W / 36.850°N 83.000°W / 36.850; -83.000 (Virginia)
Tennessee — from 36°35′N 83°0′W / 36.583°N 83.000°W / 36.583; -83.000 (Tennessee)
North Carolina — from 35°46′N 83°0′W / 35.767°N 83.000°W / 35.767; -83.000 (North Carolina)
South Carolina — from 35°1′N 83°0′W / 35.017°N 83.000°W / 35.017; -83.000 (South Carolina)
Georgia — from 34°28′N 83°0′W / 34.467°N 83.000°W / 34.467; -83.000 (Georgia)
Florida — from 30°37′N 83°0′W / 30.617°N 83.000°W / 30.617; -83.000 (Florida)
29°10′N 83°0′W / 29.167°N 83.000°W / 29.167; -83.000 (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida, United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W / 24.633°N 82.933°W / 24.633; -82.933 (Dry Tortugas))
23°1′N 83°0′W / 23.017°N 83.000°W / 23.017; -83.000 (Cuba) Cuba
22°31′N 83°0′W / 22.517°N 83.000°W / 22.517; -83.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Gulf of Batabanó
21°56′N 83°0′W / 21.933°N 83.000°W / 21.933; -83.000 (Cuba) Cuba Isla de la Juventud
21°28′N 83°0′W / 21.467°N 83.000°W / 21.467; -83.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing through the Miskito Cays, Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W / 14.383°N 83.000°W / 14.383; -83.000 (Miskito Cays))
Passing between the Corn Islands, Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W / 12.217°N 83.000°W / 12.217; -83.000 (Corn Islands))
9°55′N 83°0′W / 9.917°N 83.000°W / 9.917; -83.000 (Costa Rica) Costa Rica
8°22′N 83°0′W / 8.367°N 83.000°W / 8.367; -83.000 (Panama) Panama For about 8km
8°17′N 83°0′W / 8.283°N 83.000°W / 8.283; -83.000 (Costa Rica) Costa Rica For about 4km
8°15′N 83°0′W / 8.250°N 83.000°W / 8.250; -83.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 83°0′W / 60.000°S 83.000°W / -60.000; -83.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
73°33′S 83°0′W / 73.550°S 83.000°W / -73.550; -83.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Chile

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