65th meridian west
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The meridian 65° 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 Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 65th meridian west forms a great circle with the 115th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 65th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 65°0′W / 90.000°N 65.000°W / 90.000; -65.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°18′N 65°0′W / 83.300°N 65.000°W / 83.300; -65.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°54′N 65°0′W / 82.900°N 65.000°W / 82.900; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 81°20′N 65°0′W / 81.333°N 65.000°W / 81.333; -65.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 80°46′N 65°0′W / 80.767°N 65.000°W / 80.767; -65.000 (Greenland) Greenland
Washington Land 76°1′N 65°0′W / 76.017°N 65.000°W / 76.017; -65.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°0′N 65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 68°3′N 65°0′W / 68.050°N 65.000°W / 68.050; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Nunavut — Baffin Island 70°0′N 65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Cumberland Sound 64°29′N 65°0′W / 64.483°N 65.000°W / 64.483; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Nunavut — Christopher Hall Island, the Leybourne Islands and Baffin Island 62°29′N 65°0′W / 62.483°N 65.000°W / 62.483; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 61°52′N 65°0′W / 61.867°N 65.000°W / 61.867; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Nunavut — Edgell Island and Resolution Island 61°24′N 65°0′W / 61.400°N 65.000°W / 61.400; -65.000 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 60°10′N 65°0′W / 60.167°N 65.000°W / 60.167; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 54°55′N 65°0′W / 54.917°N 65.000°W / 54.917; -65.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 51°45′N 65°0′W / 51.750°N 65.000°W / 51.750; -65.000 (Quebec)50°16′N 65°0′W / 50.267°N 65.000°W / 50.267; -65.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 49°13′N 65°0′W / 49.217°N 65.000°W / 49.217; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Quebec — Gaspé Peninsula 48°7′N 65°0′W / 48.117°N 65.000°W / 48.117; -65.000 (Chaleur Bay) Chaleur Bay 47°50′N 65°0′W / 47.833°N 65.000°W / 47.833; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
New Brunswick 45°33′N 65°0′W / 45.550°N 65.000°W / 45.550; -65.000 (Bay of Fundy) Bay of Fundy 45°5′N 65°0′W / 45.083°N 65.000°W / 45.083; -65.000 (Canada) Canada
Nova Scotia 43°46′N 65°0′W / 43.767°N 65.000°W / 43.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Bermuda (at 32°17′N 64°54′W / 32.283°N 64.900°W / 32.283; -64.900 (Bermuda))
18°23′N 65°0′W / 18.383°N 65.000°W / 18.383; -65.000 (US Virgin Islands) United States Virgin Islands
Island of Saint Thomas 18°21′N 65°0′W / 18.350°N 65.000°W / 18.350; -65.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands (at 17°41′N 64°54′W / 17.683°N 64.900°W / 17.683; -64.900 (Saint Croix))
Passing just east of La Tortuga Island,Venezuela (at 10°54′N 65°12′W / 10.900°N 65.200°W / 10.900; -65.200 (La Tortuga))
10°4′N 65°0′W / 10.067°N 65.000°W / 10.067; -65.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela
1°11′N 65°0′W / 1.183°N 65.000°W / 1.183; -65.000 (Brazil) Brazil
Amazonas
Rondônia — from 9°20′S 66°0′W / 9.333°S 66.000°W / -9.333; -66.000 (Rondônia)12°0′S 65°0′W / 12.000°S 65.000°W / -12.000; -65.000 (Bolivia) Bolivia
22°5′S 65°0′W / 22.083°S 65.000°W / -22.083; -65.000 (Argentina) Argentina
40°46′S 65°0′W / 40.767°S 65.000°W / -40.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean San Matías Gulf 42°7′S 65°0′W / 42.117°S 65.000°W / -42.117; -65.000 (Argentina) Argentina
43°16′S 65°0′W / 43.267°S 65.000°W / -43.267; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing through the Le Maire Strait between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (at 54°39′S 65°6′W / 54.650°S 65.100°W / -54.650; -65.100 (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego)) and Isla de los Estados (at 54°50′S 64°45′W / 54.833°S 64.750°W / -54.833; -64.750 (Isla de los Estados)), Argentina
60°0′S 65°0′W / 60.000°S 65.000°W / -60.000; -65.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 65°55′S 65°0′W / 65.917°S 65.000°W / -65.917; -65.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Argentina,
Chile and the
United Kingdom
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