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62nd meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 62° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 62nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 118th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 62nd meridian west passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Daugaard-Jensen Land
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |- | ! scope="row" |

Quebec — Anticosti Island
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Quebec — Magdalen Islands
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Prince Edward Island — easternmost tip
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Nova Scotia
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Passing just west of the island of Antigua, (at )
Passing just east of the island of (at )
Passing just west of the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, (at )
Passing just west of the island of (at )
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| ! scope="row" | | Paria Peninsula |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Paria |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Roraima Amazonas — from Rondônia — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

Mainland, Isla Bermejo and Isla Trinidad
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| ! scope="row" | South Shetland Islands

Low Island — claimed by , and
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Liège Island — claimed by , and
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Claimed by , and
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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