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.

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61st meridian west

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 61°0′W Arctic Ocean Passing just east of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 82°21′N 61°7′W)
83°26′N 61°0′W Lincoln Sea
81°50′N 61°0′W  Greenland Hall Land
76°3′N 61°0′W Baffin Bay
70°0′N 61°0′W Davis Strait Passing just east of Baffin Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 66°37′N 61°15′W)
60°0′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
56°7′N 61°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 61°0′W
50°12′N 61°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°39′N 61°0′W  Canada Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame
45°30′N 61°0′W Chedabucto Bay
45°20′N 61°0′W  Canada Nova Scotia
45°16′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of La Désirade, Guadeloupe,  France (at 16°20′N 61°0′W)
Passing just east of the island of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe,  France (at 15°56′N 61°11′W)
Passing just east of the island of  Dominica (at 15°19′N 61°15′W)
14°48′N 61°0′W  France Martinique
14°28′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean Saint Lucia Channel
14°1′N 61°0′W  Saint Lucia
13°45′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of St Vincent,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 13°17′N 61°7′W)
Passing just east of the island of Baliceaux,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°57′N 61°7′W)
Passing just east of the island of Mustique,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°53′N 61°10′W)
10°50′N 61°0′W  Trinidad and Tobago Island of Trinidad
10°42′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean
10°21′N 61°0′W  Trinidad and Tobago Island of Trinidad
10°8′N 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean
9°33′N 61°0′W  Venezuela
6°44′N 61°0′W  Guyana Territory claimed by  Venezuela
5°31′N 61°0′W  Venezuela
4°31′N 61°0′W  Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 0°33′S 61°0′W
Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 61°0′W
Rondônia — from 10°59′S 61°0′W
13°32′S 61°0′W  Bolivia
19°31′S 61°0′W  Paraguay
23°47′S 61°0′W  Argentina
38°59′S 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean
51°47′S 61°0′W  Falkland Islands Weddell Island and West Falkland — claimed by  Argentina
52°4′S 61°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 61°0′W Southern Ocean
62°37′S 61°0′W South Shetland Islands Livingston Island — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
62°40′S 61°0′W Southern Ocean Passing just west of Trinity Island
64°3′S 61°0′W Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
74°31′S 61°0′W Southern Ocean Weddell Sea
75°8′S 61°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

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