79th meridian west

The meridian 79° 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, Central America, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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79th meridian west

The 79th meridian west forms a great circle with the 101st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 79°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°52′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 79°0′W Glacier Strait
76°7′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Coburg Island
75°50′N 79°0′W Baffin Bay
73°38′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Bylot Island
72°46′N 79°0′W Eclipse Sound
72°26′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Emmerson Island, Frechette Island and Baffin Island
69°53′N 79°0′W Foxe Basin Passing just west of Koch Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 69°29′N 78°51′W)
69°7′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Rowley Island
68°54′N 79°0′W Foxe Basin Passing just west of North Spicer Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 68°29′N 78°57′W)
68°22′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — South Spicer Island
68°11′N 79°0′W Foxe Basin
65°30′N 79°0′W Foxe Channel
62°42′N 79°0′W Hudson Bay Passing just west of Elsie Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 58°51′N 78°58′W)
56°25′N 79°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island
55°59′N 79°0′W Hudson Bay Passing just east of Long Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 54°56′N 79°1′W)
54°50′N 79°0′W  Canada Quebec
53°24′N 79°0′W James Bay Passing west of Waskaganish (Fort Rupert, Quebec) at 51°29′N 79°0′W
51°47′N 79°0′W  Canada Quebec
Ontario — from 46°35′N 79°0′W
43°49′N 79°0′W Lake Ontario
43°16′N 79°0′W  United States New York — passing just east of Niagara Falls (at 43°5′N 79°4′W) and west of Lockport (at 43°10′N 78°42′W)
42°58′N 79°0′W  Canada Ontario
42°52′N 79°0′W Lake Erie
42°42′N 79°0′W  United States New York — Grand Island and the Niagara River near Buffalo
Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 79°0′W
Maryland — from 39°43′N 79°0′W
West Virginia — from 39°27′N 79°0′W
Virginia — passing just east of Staunton at 38°9′N 79°4′W
North Carolina — passing just west of Durham at 35°59′N 79°0′W
South Carolina — from 34°14′N 79°0′W
33°34′N 79°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Grand Bahama,  Bahamas (at 26°41′N 79°0′W)
22°40′N 79°0′W  Cuba Cayo Santa Maria and the mainland
21°36′N 79°0′W Caribbean Sea
20°53′N 79°0′W  Cuba Doce Leguas Cays
20°51′N 79°0′W Caribbean Sea
9°34′N 79°0′W  Panama
8°57′N 79°0′W Pacific Ocean Gulf of Panama
8°28′N 79°0′W  Panama Pearl Islands
8°27′N 79°0′W Pacific Ocean
1°41′N 79°0′W  Colombia Westernmost point
1°35′N 79°0′W Pacific Ocean Ancón de Sardinas Bay
1°14′N 79°0′W  Ecuador
4°59′S 79°0′W  Peru
8°13′S 79°0′W Pacific Ocean
33°40′S 79°0′W  Chile Islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara
33°42′S 79°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 79°0′W Southern Ocean
72°57′S 79°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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