72nd meridian west

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72nd meridian west

The meridian 72° 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 72nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 108th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 72nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 72°0′W / 90.000°N 72.000°W	Arctic Ocean
83°6′N 72°0′W / 83.100°N 72.000°W	Canada	Nunavut – Ellesmere Island
79°41′N 72°0′W / 79.683°N 72.000°W	Nares Strait
78°33′N 72°0′W / 78.550°N 72.000°W	Greenland
77°54′N 72°0′W / 77.900°N 72.000°W	Baffin Bay
77°26′N 72°0′W / 77.433°N 72.000°W	Greenland	Kiatak (Northumberland Island)
77°18′N 72°0′W / 77.300°N 72.000°W	Baffin Bay
71°34′N 72°0′W / 71.567°N 72.000°W	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again
63°23′N 72°0′W / 63.383°N 72.000°W	Hudson Strait
61°52′N 72°0′W / 61.867°N 72.000°W	Canada	Nunavut – Wales Island
61°51′N 72°0′W / 61.850°N 72.000°W	Hudson Strait
61°41′N 72°0′W / 61.683°N 72.000°W	Canada	Quebec
45°0′N 72°0′W / 45.000°N 72.000°W	United States	Vermont New Hampshire – from 44°19′N 72°0′W / 44.317°N 72.000°W Massachusetts – from 42°43′N 72°0′W / 42.717°N 72.000°W Connecticut – from 42°1′N 72°0′W / 42.017°N 72.000°W
41°19′N 72°00′W / 41.31°N 72.0°W	Atlantic Ocean	Fishers Island Sound
41°17′N 72°0′W / 41.283°N 72.000°W	United States	New York – Fishers Island
41°15′N 72°0′W / 41.250°N 72.000°W	Atlantic Ocean	Block Island Sound
41°3′N 72°0′W / 41.050°N 72.000°W	United States	New York – Long Island
41°1′N 72°0′W / 41.017°N 72.000°W	Atlantic Ocean
21°58′N 72°0′W / 21.967°N 72.000°W	Turks and Caicos Islands	Island of North Caicos
21°54′N 72°0′W / 21.900°N 72.000°W	Atlantic Ocean
19°42′N 72°0′W / 19.700°N 72.000°W	Haiti
18°38′N 72°0′W / 18.633°N 72.000°W	Dominican Republic	For about 1 km
18°37′N 72°0′W / 18.617°N 72.000°W	Haiti
18°12′N 72°0′W / 18.200°N 72.000°W	Caribbean Sea
12°15′N 72°0′W / 12.250°N 72.000°W	Colombia
11°35′N 72°0′W / 11.583°N 72.000°W	Venezuela	Passing through Lake Maracaibo
7°1′N 72°0′W / 7.017°N 72.000°W	Colombia
2°21′S 72°0′W / 2.350°S 72.000°W	Peru
4°38′S 72°0′W / 4.633°S 72.000°W	Brazil	Amazonas Acre – from 7°46′S 72°0′W / 7.767°S 72.000°W
10°0′S 72°0′W / 10.000°S 72.000°W	Peru
17°2′S 72°0′W / 17.033°S 72.000°W	Pacific Ocean
34°7′S 72°0′W / 34.117°S 72.000°W	Chile	For about 6 km
34°11′S 72°0′W / 34.183°S 72.000°W	Pacific Ocean
34°22′S 72°0′W / 34.367°S 72.000°W	Chile
42°9′S 72°0′W / 42.150°S 72.000°W	Argentina
43°2′S 72°0′W / 43.033°S 72.000°W	Chile
44°46′S 72°0′W / 44.767°S 72.000°W	Argentina	For about 14 km
44°54′S 72°0′W / 44.900°S 72.000°W	Chile
47°19′S 72°0′W / 47.317°S 72.000°W	Argentina
51°49′S 72°0′W / 51.817°S 72.000°W	Chile	For about 12 km
51°56′S 72°0′W / 51.933°S 72.000°W	Argentina	For about 3 km
51°58′S 72°0′W / 51.967°S 72.000°W	Chile	Mainland, Riesco Island and Brunswick Peninsula (mainland)
53°42′S 72°0′W / 53.700°S 72.000°W	Straits of Magellan
53°54′S 72°0′W / 53.900°S 72.000°W	Chile	Clarence Island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and London Island
54°43′S 72°0′W / 54.717°S 72.000°W	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 72°0′W / 60.000°S 72.000°W	Southern Ocean
69°2′S 72°0′W / 69.033°S 72.000°W	Antarctica	Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica),  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

• 71st meridian west
• 73rd meridian west