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83rd meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 83° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudethat extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica, Panama the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 83rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 97th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Devon Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Liddon Island, and Winter Island
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Nunavut — Southampton Island
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Nunavut — Coats Island
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| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Huron |- | ! scope="row" |

Michigan — passing through Detroit

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Ontario — passing through Windsor
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| ! scope="row" | | Ohio — passing through Columbus |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | Isla de la Juventud |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea Passing between the Corn Islands, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

For about 8 km

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For about 4 km
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. Battle, Charlton E.. (1902). "The Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Dispute". T. Gilbert.
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