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68th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 68° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 68th meridian west forms a great circle with the 112th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 68th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Inglefield Land
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Nunavut — Baffin Island, Aulitivik Island, and Baffin Island again
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Nunavut — Akpatok Island
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Quebec
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| ! scope="row" | | Quebec New Brunswick — from |- | ! scope="row" | | Maine |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the Las Aves Archipelago, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Passing through Puerto Cabello at and Valencia, Carabobo at

| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Amazonas Acre — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Passing just east of La Paz (at )

| ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

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Navarino Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Hoste Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

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

Territory claimed by , and the
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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