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63rd meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 63° 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 63rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 117th meridian east.

In the Canadian province of Quebec, the 63rd meridian is used as a time zone boundary, with all land to its west falling within the Eastern Time Zone and all land to its east in the Atlantic Time Zone (never used DST).

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 63rd meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Daugaard-Jensen Land
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Muingmak Island
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Nova Scotia
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| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea Passing just east of (at ) Passing just west of (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Sint Eustatius |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea Passing just east of the Los Testigos Islands, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Roraima Amazonas — from Rondônia — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Anvers Island — claimed by , and
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. Thomson, Malcolm M.. "Standard Time and Time Zones in Canada". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
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