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82nd meridian west

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The meridian 82° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Panama, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
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82nd meridian west (interactive map)

The 82nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 98th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 82nd meridian west passes through:

More information Co-ordinates, Country, territory or sea ...
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 82°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°39′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°30′N 82°0′W Jones Sound
75°49′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
74°28′N 82°0′W Lancaster Sound
73°44′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°53′N 82°0′W Foxe Basin
69°16′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland)
66°52′N 82°0′W Foxe Basin
64°37′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°39′N 82°0′W Evans Strait
62°57′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Coats Island
62°41′N 82°0′W Hudson Bay
55°0′N 82°0′W James Bay
53°3′N 82°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Akimiski Island
52°59′N 82°0′W James Bay
52°47′N 82°0′W  Canada Ontario — mainland and Manitoulin Island
45°33′N 82°0′W Lake Huron
43°12′N 82°0′W  Canada Ontario
42°15′N 82°0′W Lake Erie
41°31′N 82°0′W  United States Ohio
West Virginia — from 39°0′N 82°0′W
Kentucky — for about 2 km from 37°32′N 82°0′W
Virginia — from 37°31′N 82°0′W
Tennessee — from 36°35′N 82°0′W
North Carolina — from 36°9′N 82°0′W
South Carolina — from 35°11′N 82°0′W
Georgia — from 33°31′N 82°0′W
Florida — from 30°47′N 82°0′W
26°29′N 82°0′W Gulf of Mexico Passing just east of Boca Grande Key, Florida,  United States (at 24°32′N 82°0′W)
23°11′N 82°0′W  Cuba
22°18′N 82°0′W Caribbean Sea
21°39′N 82°0′W  Cuba Canarreos Archipelago
21°36′N 82°0′W Caribbean Sea
9°10′N 82°0′W Gulf of Chiriquí
8°57′N 82°0′W  Panama
8°12′N 82°0′W Pacific Ocean Passing just west of the island of Coiba,  Panama (at 7°31′N 81°53′W)
60°0′S 82°0′W Southern Ocean
73°56′S 82°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile
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