67th meridian west

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67th meridian west

The meridian 67° 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 67th meridian west forms a great circle with the 113th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 67th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 67°0′W / 90.000°N 67.000°W / 90.000; -67.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°12′N 67°0′W / 83.200°N 67.000°W / 83.200; -67.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea
82°57′N 67°0′W / 82.950°N 67.000°W / 82.950; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutEllesmere Island
80°58′N 67°0′W / 80.967°N 67.000°W / 80.967; -67.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait
80°24′N 67°0′W / 80.400°N 67.000°W / 80.400; -67.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Washington Land
80°3′N 67°0′W / 80.050°N 67.000°W / 80.050; -67.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait Kane Basin
79°9′N 67°0′W / 79.150°N 67.000°W / 79.150; -67.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Inglefield Land
75°59′N 67°0′W / 75.983°N 67.000°W / 75.983; -67.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
70°0′N 67°0′W / 70.000°N 67.000°W / 70.000; -67.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
69°24′N 67°0′W / 69.400°N 67.000°W / 69.400; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutHenry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island
69°11′N 67°0′W / 69.183°N 67.000°W / 69.183; -67.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait
68°27′N 67°0′W / 68.450°N 67.000°W / 68.450; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutCumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island
66°21′N 67°0′W / 66.350°N 67.000°W / 66.350; -67.000 (Cumberland Sound) Cumberland Sound
65°28′N 67°0′W / 65.467°N 67.000°W / 65.467; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutHall Peninsula, Baffin Island
63°14′N 67°0′W / 63.233°N 67.000°W / 63.233; -67.000 (Frobisher Bay) Frobisher Bay
63°6′N 67°0′W / 63.100°N 67.000°W / 63.100; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutChase Island
63°5′N 67°0′W / 63.083°N 67.000°W / 63.083; -67.000 (Frobisher Bay) Frobisher Bay
62°44′N 67°0′W / 62.733°N 67.000°W / 62.733; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutMeta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island
62°2′N 67°0′W / 62.033°N 67.000°W / 62.033; -67.000 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait
60°30′N 67°0′W / 60.500°N 67.000°W / 60.500; -67.000 (Ungava Bay) Ungava Bay
58°27′N 67°0′W / 58.450°N 67.000°W / 58.450; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and LabradorLabrador, from 54°51′N 67°0′W / 54.850°N 67.000°W / 54.850; -67.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 53°28′N 67°0′W / 53.467°N 67.000°W / 53.467; -67.000 (Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 53°22′N 67°0′W / 53.367°N 67.000°W / 53.367; -67.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 53°19′N 67°0′W / 53.317°N 67.000°W / 53.317; -67.000 (Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 53°10′N 67°0′W / 53.167°N 67.000°W / 53.167; -67.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 53°8′N 67°0′W / 53.133°N 67.000°W / 53.133; -67.000 (Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 53°6′N 67°0′W / 53.100°N 67.000°W / 53.100; -67.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 52°49′N 67°0′W / 52.817°N 67.000°W / 52.817; -67.000 (Quebec)
49°51′N 67°0′W / 49.850°N 67.000°W / 49.850; -67.000 (Saint Lawrence River) Saint Lawrence River
48°59′N 67°0′W / 48.983°N 67.000°W / 48.983; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada QuebecBas-Saint-Laurent
New Brunswick — from 47°54′N 67°0′W / 47.900°N 67.000°W / 47.900; -67.000 (New Brunswick)
45°9′N 67°0′W / 45.150°N 67.000°W / 45.150; -67.000 (Passamaquoddy Bay) Passamaquoddy Bay
45°0′N 67°0′W / 45.000°N 67.000°W / 45.000; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada New BrunswickDeer Island
44°56′N 67°0′W / 44.933°N 67.000°W / 44.933; -67.000 (United States)  United States MaineMoose Island and mainland
44°47′N 67°0′W / 44.783°N 67.000°W / 44.783; -67.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick,  Canada (at 44°36′N 66°55′W / 44.600°N 66.917°W / 44.600; -66.917 (Grand Manan Island))
18°30′N 67°0′W / 18.500°N 67.000°W / 18.500; -67.000 (Puerto Rico)  Puerto Rico
17°58′N 67°0′W / 17.967°N 67.000°W / 17.967; -67.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the Los Roques archipelago,  Venezuela (at 11°50′N 66°57′W / 11.833°N 66.950°W / 11.833; -66.950 (Los Roques))
18°30′N 67°0′W / 18.500°N 67.000°W / 18.500; -67.000 (Venezuela)  Venezuela Passing just west of Caracas (at 10°29′N 66°55′W / 10.483°N 66.917°W / 10.483; -66.917 (Caracas))
1°42′N 67°0′W / 1.700°N 67.000°W / 1.700; -67.000 (Colombia)  Colombia
1°11′N 67°0′W / 1.183°N 67.000°W / 1.183; -67.000 (Brazil)  Brazil Amazonas
Acre — from 9°45′S 67°0′W / 9.750°S 67.000°W / -9.750; -67.000 (Acre)
10°11′S 67°0′W / 10.183°S 67.000°W / -10.183; -67.000 (Bolivia)  Bolivia
22°32′S 67°0′W / 22.533°S 67.000°W / -22.533; -67.000 (Argentina)  Argentina
22°58′S 67°0′W / 22.967°S 67.000°W / -22.967; -67.000 (Chile)  Chile For about 14 km
23°6′S 67°0′W / 23.100°S 67.000°W / -23.100; -67.000 (Argentina)  Argentina
45°18′S 67°0′W / 45.300°S 67.000°W / -45.300; -67.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean San Jorge Gulf
46°49′S 67°0′W / 46.817°S 67.000°W / -46.817; -67.000 (Argentina)  Argentina
48°37′S 67°0′W / 48.617°S 67.000°W / -48.617; -67.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
54°10′S 67°0′W / 54.167°S 67.000°W / -54.167; -67.000 (Argentina)  Argentina Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
54°58′S 67°0′W / 54.967°S 67.000°W / -54.967; -67.000 (Chile)  Chile Picton Island and Lennox Island
55°21′S 67°0′W / 55.350°S 67.000°W / -55.350; -67.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Deceit Island,  Chile (at 55°54′S 67°2′W / 55.900°S 67.033°W / -55.900; -67.033 (Deceit Island))
60°0′S 67°0′W / 60.000°S 67.000°W / -60.000; -67.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
66°55′S 67°0′W / 66.917°S 67.000°W / -66.917; -67.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and the  United Kingdom

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