61st meridian west

The meridian 61° 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.

The 61st meridian west forms a great circle with the 119th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 61st meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 82.35°N, -61.11667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.43333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.43333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 81.83333°N, -61°W
 * 81.83333°N, -61°W
 * Hall Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.05°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.05°N, -61°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Baffin Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 66.61667°N, -61.25°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Labrador Sea
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 * 56.11667°N, -61°W
 * Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50.2°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50.2°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 46.65°N, -61°W
 * 46.65°N, -61°W
 * Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.5°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.5°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 45.33333°N, -61°W
 * 45.33333°N, -61°W
 * Nova Scotia
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.26667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of La Désirade, Guadeloupe, 🇫🇷 (at 16.33333°N, -61°W) Passing just east of the island of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe, 🇫🇷 (at 15.93333°N, -61.18333°W) Passing just east of the island of 🇩🇲 (at 15.31667°N, -61.25°W)
 * 14.8°N, -61°W
 * 14.8°N, -61°W
 * Martinique
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 14.46667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 14.46667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Saint Lucia Channel
 * 14.01667°N, -61°W
 * 14.01667°N, -61°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 13.75°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 13.75°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of St Vincent, 🇻🇨 (at 13.28333°N, -61.11667°W) Passing just east of the island of Baliceaux, 🇻🇨 (at 12.95°N, -61.11667°W) Passing just east of the island of Mustique, 🇻🇨 (at 12.88333°N, -61.16667°W)
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 * 10.83333°N, -61°W
 * Island of Trinidad
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.7°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.7°N, -61°W
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 * 10.35°N, -61°W
 * Island of Trinidad
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.13333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.13333°N, -61°W
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 * 9.55°N, -61°W
 * 9.55°N, -61°W
 * 6.73333°N, -61°W
 * 6.73333°N, -61°W
 * 6.73333°N, -61°W
 * Territory claimed by 🇻🇪
 * 5.51667°N, -61°W
 * 5.51667°N, -61°W
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 * 4.51667°N, -61°W
 * 4.51667°N, -61°W
 * Roraima Amazonas — from -0.55°N, -61°W Mato Grosso — from -8.76667°N, -61°W Rondônia — from -10.98333°N, -61°W
 * -13.53333°N, -61°W
 * -13.53333°N, -61°W
 * -19.51667°N, -61°W
 * -19.51667°N, -61°W
 * -19.51667°N, -61°W
 * -23.78333°N, -61°W
 * -23.78333°N, -61°W
 * -23.78333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.98333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.98333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -38.98333°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * -51.78333°N, -61°W
 * -51.78333°N, -61°W
 * Weddell Island and West Falkland — claimed by 🇦🇷
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -52.06667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -52.06667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -61°W
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 * -62.61667°N, -61°W
 * Livingston Island — claimed by 🇦🇷, and
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -62.66667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -62.66667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Trinity Island
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 * -64.05°N, -61°W
 * Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by 🇦🇷, and
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -74.51667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -74.51667°N, -61°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Weddell Sea
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 * -75.13333°N, -61°W
 * Territory claimed by 🇦🇷, and
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