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.

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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.4°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.4°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 82.5°N, -62°W
 * 82.5°N, -62°W
 * Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.08333°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.08333°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 81.13333°N, -62°W
 * 81.13333°N, -62°W
 * Daugaard-Jensen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.06667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.06667°N, -62°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70°N, -62°W
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 * 67.05°N, -62°W
 * 67.05°N, -62°W
 * Nunavut — Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.28333°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.28333°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Exeter Sound
 * 66.03333°N, -62°W
 * 66.03333°N, -62°W
 * Nunavut — Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.01667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.01667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Angijak Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 65.65°N, -62.11667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Labrador Sea
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 * 57.91667°N, -62°W
 * Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50.2°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50.2°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Jacques Cartier Strait
 * 49.36667°N, -62°W
 * 49.36667°N, -62°W
 * Quebec — Anticosti Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 49.06667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 49.06667°N, -62°W
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 * 47.28333°N, -62°W
 * 47.28333°N, -62°W
 * Quebec — Magdalen Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47.21667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47.21667°N, -62°W
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 * 46.46667°N, -62°W
 * 46.46667°N, -62°W
 * Prince Edward Island — easternmost tip
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46.45°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46.45°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Northumberland Strait
 * 45.86667°N, -62°W
 * 45.86667°N, -62°W
 * Nova Scotia
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44.98333°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 44.98333°N, -62°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.75°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Barbuda, 🇦🇬 (at 17.7°N, -61.88333°W) Passing just west of the island of Antigua, 🇦🇬 (at 17.1°N, -61.9°W) Passing just east of the island of 🇲🇸 (at 16.68333°N, -62.15°W) Passing just west of the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 🇫🇷 (at 16.26667°N, -61.8°W) Passing just west of the island of 🇬🇩 (at 12°N, -61.8°W)
 * 10.71667°N, -62°W
 * 10.71667°N, -62°W
 * Paria Peninsula
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10.65°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Trinidad, 🇹🇹 (at 10.05°N, -61.91667°W)
 * 9.93333°N, -62°W
 * 9.93333°N, -62°W
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 * 4.16667°N, -62°W
 * 4.16667°N, -62°W
 * Roraima Amazonas — from -1.18333°N, -62°W Rondônia — from -8.8°N, -62°W
 * -13.35°N, -62°W
 * -13.35°N, -62°W
 * -20.2°N, -62°W
 * -20.2°N, -62°W
 * -20.2°N, -62°W
 * -23°N, -62°W
 * -23°N, -62°W
 * -23°N, -62°W
 * Mainland, Isla Bermejo and Isla Trinidad
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -39.16667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -39.16667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -62°W
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 * -63.25°N, -62°W
 * Low Island — claimed by 🇦🇷, and
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -63.31667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -63.31667°N, -62°W
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 * -64°N, -62°W
 * Liège Island — claimed by 🇦🇷, and
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -64.06667°N, -62°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -64.06667°N, -62°W
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 * -64.68333°N, -62°W
 * Claimed by 🇦🇷, and
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