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83rd meridian west

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The meridian 83° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1]that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America,[2] the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica, Panama the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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83rd meridian west (interactive map)

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:

More information Co-ordinates, Country, territory or sea ...
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 83°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°17′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 83°0′W Jones Sound
75°45′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
74°35′N 83°0′W Lancaster Sound
73°40′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°58′N 83°0′W Fury and Hecla Strait
69°46′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island
66°12′N 83°0′W Foxe Basin
64°54′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°57′N 83°0′W Evans Strait
62°52′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Coats Island
62°13′N 83°0′W Hudson Bay
55°16′N 83°0′W  Canada
45°49′N 83°0′W Lake Huron
44°3′N 83°0′W  United States Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W)
42°19′N 83°0′W  Canada Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W)
42°1′N 83°0′W Lake Erie
41°32′N 83°0′W  United States Ohio — passing through Columbus
29°10′N 83°0′W Gulf of Mexico Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida,  United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W)
23°1′N 83°0′W  Cuba
22°31′N 83°0′W Caribbean Sea Gulf of Batabanó
21°56′N 83°0′W  Cuba Isla de la Juventud
21°28′N 83°0′W Caribbean Sea Passing through the Miskito Cays,  Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W)
Passing between the Corn Islands,  Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W)
9°55′N 83°0′W  Costa Rica
8°22′N 83°0′W  Panama For about 8 km
8°17′N 83°0′W  Costa Rica For about 4 km
8°15′N 83°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 83°0′W Southern Ocean
73°33′S 83°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile
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