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73rd meridian west

Line of longitude

Summary

Line of longitude

The meridian 73° 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 73rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 107th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 73rd meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut – Ellesmere Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Cape Alexander |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay Passing through the Carey Islands, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut – Dexterity Island, Adams Island and Baffin Island
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Nunavut – Baffin Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Quebec – passing through the Archipelago of Saint-Pierre Lake |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Vermont Massachusetts – from Connecticut – from (passing just west of New Haven at ) |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Long Island Sound |- | ! scope="row" |

New York – Long Island
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Island of Mayaguana
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| ! scope="row" | | Island of Little Inagua |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Tortuga, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of Hispaniola
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Gonâve Island
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Island of Hispaniola – Tiburon Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Amazonas Acre – from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

Acre

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Passing just east of Concepción
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Mainland, Magdalena Island, and the mainland again

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Mainland, Riesco Island and Santa Inés Island
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Noir Island
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by , and
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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