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77th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 77° 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 77th meridian west forms a great circle with the 103rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 77th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Bylot Island and Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Bray Island
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Nunavut — Prince Charles Island
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Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Salisbury Island
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Quebec
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| ! scope="row" | | Quebec Ontario — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Ontario |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | New York Pennsylvania — from Maryland — from District of Columbia — from Maryland — from Virginia — from North Carolina — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | Man-O-War Cay and Great Abaco Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of New Providence, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

Passing just east of Lima (at )
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the (British Antarctic Territory)
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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