73rd meridian west
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The meridian 73° 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 Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 73rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 107th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 73nd meridian west passes through:
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| Co-ordinates |
Country, territory or sea |
Notes |
| 90°0′N 73°0′W / 90°N 73°W / 90; -73 (Arctic Ocean) |
Arctic Ocean |
|
| 83°4′N 73°0′W / 83.067°N 73°W / 83.067; -73 (Canada) |
Canada |
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut |
| 79°45′N 73°0′W / 79.75°N 73°W / 79.75; -73 (Nares Strait) |
Nares Strait |
|
| 78°11′N 73°0′W / 78.183°N 73°W / 78.183; -73 (Greenland) |
Greenland |
Sutherland Island |
| 78°9′N 73°0′W / 78.15°N 73°W / 78.15; -73 (Baffin Bay) |
Baffin Bay |
Passing just west of Hakluyt Island, Greenland |
| 71°26′N 73°0′W / 71.433°N 73°W / 71.433; -73 (Canada) |
Canada |
Dexterity Island, Adams Island and Baffin Island, Nunavut |
| 68°13′N 73°0′W / 68.217°N 73°W / 68.217; -73 (Foxe Basin) |
Foxe Basin |
|
| 66°43′N 73°0′W / 66.717°N 73°W / 66.717; -73 (Canada) |
Canada |
Baffin Island, Nunavut |
| 64°5′N 73°0′W / 64.083°N 73°W / 64.083; -73 (Hudson Strait) |
Hudson Strait |
|
| 62°11′N 73°0′W / 62.183°N 73°W / 62.183; -73 (Canada) |
Canada |
Quebec |
| 45°1′N 73°0′W / 45.017°N 73°W / 45.017; -73 (United States) |
United States |
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut |
| 41°13′N 73°0′W / 41.217°N 73°W / 41.217; -73 (Long Island Sound) |
Long Island Sound |
|
| 40°58′N 73°0′W / 40.967°N 73°W / 40.967; -73 (United States) |
United States |
Long Island, New York |
| 40°41′N 73°0′W / 40.683°N 73°W / 40.683; -73 (Atlantic Ocean) |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
| 22°25′N 73°0′W / 22.417°N 73°W / 22.417; -73 (Bahamas) |
Bahamas |
Island of Mayaguana |
| 22°22′N 73°0′W / 22.367°N 73°W / 22.367; -73 (Atlantic Ocean) |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
| 21°33′N 73°0′W / 21.55°N 73°W / 21.55; -73 (Bahamas) |
Bahamas |
Island of Little Inagua |
| 21°27′N 73°0′W / 21.45°N 73°W / 21.45; -73 (Atlantic Ocean) |
Atlantic Ocean |
Passing just east of the island of Great Inagua, Bahamas
Passing just west of the island of Tortuga, Haiti |
| 19°55′N 73°0′W / 19.917°N 73°W / 19.917; -73 (Haiti) |
Haiti |
Island of Hispaniola |
| 19°36′N 73°0′W / 19.6°N 73°W / 19.6; -73 (Caribbean Sea) |
Caribbean Sea |
Gulf of Gonâve |
| 18°54′N 73°0′W / 18.9°N 73°W / 18.9; -73 (Haiti) |
Haiti |
Gonâve Island |
| 18°45′N 73°0′W / 18.75°N 73°W / 18.75; -73 (Caribbean Sea) |
Caribbean Sea |
Gulf of Gonâve |
| 18°28′N 73°0′W / 18.467°N 73°W / 18.467; -73 (Haiti) |
Haiti |
Tiburon Peninsula, island of Hispaniola |
| 18°11′N 73°0′W / 18.183°N 73°W / 18.183; -73 (Caribbean Sea) |
Caribbean Sea |
|
| 11°30′N 73°0′W / 11.5°N 73°W / 11.5; -73 (Colombia) |
Colombia |
|
| 9°46′N 73°0′W / 9.767°N 73°W / 9.767; -73 (Venezuela) |
Venezuela |
|
| 9°17′N 73°0′W / 9.283°N 73°W / 9.283; -73 (Colombia) |
Colombia |
|
| 2°23′S 73°0′W / 2.383°S 73°W / -2.383; -73 (Peru) |
Peru |
|
| 5°44′S 73°0′W / 5.733°S 73°W / -5.733; -73 (Brazil) |
Brazil |
Amazonas
Acre |
| 8°56′S 73°0′W / 8.933°S 73°W / -8.933; -73 (Peru) |
Peru |
|
| 9°10′S 73°0′W / 9.167°S 73°W / -9.167; -73 (Brazil) |
Brazil |
Acre |
| 9°25′S 73°0′W / 9.417°S 73°W / -9.417; -73 (Peru) |
Peru |
|
| 16°31′S 73°0′W / 16.517°S 73°W / -16.517; -73 (Pacific Ocean) |
Pacific Ocean |
|
| 36°44′S 73°0′W / 36.733°S 73°W / -36.733; -73 (Chile) |
Chile |
|
| 41°30′S 73°0′W / 41.5°S 73°W / -41.5; -73 (Gulf of Ancud) |
Gulf of Ancud |
|
| 42°15′S 73°0′W / 42.25°S 73°W / -42.25; -73 (Gulf of Corcovado) |
Gulf of Corcovado |
|
| 43°17′S 73°0′W / 43.283°S 73°W / -43.283; -73 (Chile) |
Chile |
Mainland, Magdalena Island, and the mainland again |
| 49°1′S 73°0′W / 49.017°S 73°W / -49.017; -73 (Argentina) |
Argentina |
|
| 50°46′S 73°0′W / 50.767°S 73°W / -50.767; -73 (Chile) |
Chile |
Mainland, Riesco Island and Santa Inés Island |
| 54°5′S 73°0′W / 54.083°S 73°W / -54.083; -73 (Pacific Ocean) |
Pacific Ocean |
|
| 54°28′S 73°0′W / 54.467°S 73°W / -54.467; -73 (Chile) |
Chile |
Noir Island |
| 54°29′S 73°0′W / 54.483°S 73°W / -54.483; -73 (Pacific Ocean) |
Pacific Ocean |
|
| 60°0′S 73°0′W / 60°S 73°W / -60; -73 (Southern Ocean) |
Southern Ocean |
|
| 69°40′S 73°0′W / 69.667°S 73°W / -69.667; -73 (Antarctica) |
Antarctica |
Alexander Island and mainland - claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |
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