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79th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 79° 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, Panama, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 79th meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 101st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Coburg Island
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Nunavut — Bylot Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Emmerson Island, Frechette Island and Baffin Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Foxe Basin |- | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Rowley Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Foxe Basin |- | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — South Spicer Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay |- | ! scope="row" |

Quebec
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| ! scope="row" | | Quebec Ontario — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Ontario |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

New York — passing just east of Niagara Falls (at ) and west of Lockport (at )

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Ontario
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| ! scope="row" | | New York — Grand Island and the Niagara River near Buffalo Pennsylvania — from Maryland — from West Virginia — from Virginia — passing just east of Staunton at North Carolina — passing just west of Durham at South Carolina — from |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Cayo Santa Maria and the mainland
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Doce Leguas Cays
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| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Pearl Islands
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Westernmost point
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| ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara
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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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