83rd meridian west

The meridian 83° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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83rd meridian west

The 83rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 97th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 83°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°17′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 83°0′W Jones Sound
75°45′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
74°35′N 83°0′W Lancaster Sound
73°40′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°58′N 83°0′W Fury and Hecla Strait
69°46′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island
66°12′N 83°0′W Foxe Basin
64°54′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°57′N 83°0′W Evans Strait
62°52′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Coats Island
62°13′N 83°0′W Hudson Bay
55°16′N 83°0′W  Canada Nunavut — a small unnamed island
Ontario — from 55°13′N 85°0′W, the mainland and Manitoulin Island
45°49′N 83°0′W Lake Huron
44°3′N 83°0′W  United States Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W)
42°19′N 83°0′W  Canada Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W
42°1′N 83°0′W Lake Erie
41°32′N 83°0′W  United States Ohio — passing through Columbus (at 39°57′N 83°0′W)
Kentucky — from 38°43′N 83°0′W
Virginia — from 36°51′N 83°0′W
Tennessee — from 36°35′N 83°0′W
North Carolina — from 35°46′N 83°0′W
South Carolina — from 35°1′N 83°0′W
Georgia — from 34°28′N 83°0′W
Florida — from 30°37′N 83°0′W
29°10′N 83°0′W Gulf of Mexico Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida,  United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W)
23°1′N 83°0′W  Cuba
22°31′N 83°0′W Caribbean Sea Gulf of Batabanó
21°56′N 83°0′W  Cuba Isla de la Juventud
21°28′N 83°0′W Caribbean Sea Passing through the Miskito Cays,  Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W)
Passing between the Corn Islands,  Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W)
9°55′N 83°0′W  Costa Rica
8°22′N 83°0′W  Panama For about 8 km
8°17′N 83°0′W  Costa Rica For about 4 km
8°15′N 83°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 83°0′W Southern Ocean
73°33′S 83°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile

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