62nd meridian west

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62nd meridian west

The meridian 62° west of

Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole
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The 62nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 118th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 62nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 62°0′W / 90.000°N 62.000°W / 90.000; -62.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°24′N 62°0′W / 83.400°N 62.000°W / 83.400; -62.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
82°30′N 62°0′W / 82.500°N 62.000°W / 82.500; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutEllesmere Island
82°5′N 62°0′W / 82.083°N 62.000°W / 82.083; -62.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
81°8′N 62°0′W / 81.133°N 62.000°W / 81.133; -62.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Daugaard-Jensen Land
76°4′N 62°0′W / 76.067°N 62.000°W / 76.067; -62.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
70°0′N 62°0′W / 70.000°N 62.000°W / 70.000; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
67°3′N 62°0′W / 67.050°N 62.000°W / 67.050; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutBaffin Island
66°17′N 62°0′W / 66.283°N 62.000°W / 66.283; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Exeter Sound
66°2′N 62°0′W / 66.033°N 62.000°W / 66.033; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutBaffin Island
66°1′N 62°0′W / 66.017°N 62.000°W / 66.017; -62.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Passing just east of Angijak Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 65°39′N 62°7′W / 65.650°N 62.117°W / 65.650; -62.117 (Angijak Island))
60°0′N 62°0′W / 60.000°N 62.000°W / 60.000; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
57°55′N 62°0′W / 57.917°N 62.000°W / 57.917; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and LabradorLabrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 62°0′W / 52.000°N 62.000°W / 52.000; -62.000 (Quebec)
50°12′N 62°0′W / 50.200°N 62.000°W / 50.200; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Jacques Cartier Strait
49°22′N 62°0′W / 49.367°N 62.000°W / 49.367; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada QuebecAnticosti Island
49°4′N 62°0′W / 49.067°N 62.000°W / 49.067; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
47°17′N 62°0′W / 47.283°N 62.000°W / 47.283; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada QuebecMagdalen Islands
47°13′N 62°0′W / 47.217°N 62.000°W / 47.217; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°28′N 62°0′W / 46.467°N 62.000°W / 46.467; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada Prince Edward Island — easternmost tip
46°27′N 62°0′W / 46.450°N 62.000°W / 46.450; -62.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Northumberland Strait
45°52′N 62°0′W / 45.867°N 62.000°W / 45.867; -62.000 (Canada)  Canada Nova Scotia
44°59′N 62°0′W / 44.983°N 62.000°W / 44.983; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
17°45′N 62°0′W / 17.750°N 62.000°W / 17.750; -62.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of )
10°43′N 62°0′W / 10.717°N 62.000°W / 10.717; -62.000 (Venezuela)  Venezuela Paria Peninsula
10°39′N 62°0′W / 10.650°N 62.000°W / 10.650; -62.000 (Gulf of Paria) Gulf of Paria Passing just west of the island of Trinidad,  Trinidad and Tobago (at 10°3′N 61°55′W / 10.050°N 61.917°W / 10.050; -61.917 (Trinidad))
9°56′N 62°0′W / 9.933°N 62.000°W / 9.933; -62.000 (Venezuela)  Venezuela
4°10′N 62°0′W / 4.167°N 62.000°W / 4.167; -62.000 (Brazil)  Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 1°11′S 62°0′W / 1.183°S 62.000°W / -1.183; -62.000 (Amazonas)
Rondônia — from 8°48′S 62°0′W / 8.800°S 62.000°W / -8.800; -62.000 (Rondônia)
13°21′S 62°0′W / 13.350°S 62.000°W / -13.350; -62.000 (Bolivia)  Bolivia
20°12′S 62°0′W / 20.200°S 62.000°W / -20.200; -62.000 (Paraguay)  Paraguay
23°0′S 62°0′W / 23.000°S 62.000°W / -23.000; -62.000 (Argentina)  Argentina Mainland, Isla Bermejo and Isla Trinidad
39°10′S 62°0′W / 39.167°S 62.000°W / -39.167; -62.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 62°0′W / 60.000°S 62.000°W / -60.000; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
63°15′S 62°0′W / 63.250°S 62.000°W / -63.250; -62.000 (South Shetland Islands) South Shetland Islands
claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
63°19′S 62°0′W / 63.317°S 62.000°W / -63.317; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
64°0′S 62°0′W / 64.000°S 62.000°W / -64.000; -62.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
64°4′S 62°0′W / 64.067°S 62.000°W / -64.067; -62.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
64°41′S 62°0′W / 64.683°S 62.000°W / -64.683; -62.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
Claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

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