71st meridian west

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71st meridian west

The meridian 71° 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 71st meridian west forms a great circle with the 109th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 71st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 71°0′W / 90.000°N 71.000°W	Arctic Ocean
83°6′N 71°0′W / 83.100°N 71.000°W	Canada	Nunavut – Ellesmere Island
79°50′N 71°0′W / 79.833°N 71.000°W	Nares Strait
78°37′N 71°0′W / 78.617°N 71.000°W	Greenland
77°46′N 71°0′W / 77.767°N 71.000°W	Baffin Bay
77°28′N 71°0′W / 77.467°N 71.000°W	Greenland	Herbert Island
77°22′N 71°0′W / 77.367°N 71.000°W	Baffin Bay
77°9′N 71°0′W / 77.150°N 71.000°W	Greenland
76°58′N 71°0′W / 76.967°N 71.000°W	Baffin Bay
71°3′N 71°0′W / 71.050°N 71.000°W	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island and Big Island
62°49′N 71°0′W / 62.817°N 71.000°W	Hudson Strait
61°8′N 71°0′W / 61.133°N 71.000°W	Canada	Quebec
45°21′N 71°0′W / 45.350°N 71.000°W	United States	Maine New Hampshire – from 43°58′N 71°0′W / 43.967°N 71.000°W Massachusetts – from 42°52′N 71°0′W / 42.867°N 71.000°W
42°21′N 71°0′W / 42.350°N 71.000°W	Atlantic Ocean	Boston Harbor – passing just east of Boston, Massachusetts,  United States (at 42°22′N 71°3′W / 42.367°N 71.050°W)
42°16′N 71°0′W / 42.267°N 71.000°W	United States	Massachusetts
41°31′N 71°0′W / 41.517°N 71.000°W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts,  United States (at 41°25′N 70°57′W / 41.417°N 70.950°W) Passing just west of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts,  United States (at 41°20′N 70°50′W / 41.333°N 70.833°W) Passing just east of Grand Turk Island,  Turks and Caicos Islands (at 21°30′N 71°7′W / 21.500°N 71.117°W)
19°56′N 71°0′W / 19.933°N 71.000°W	Dominican Republic	Island of Hispaniola
18°18′N 71°0′W / 18.300°N 71.000°W	Caribbean Sea
11°6′N 71°0′W / 11.100°N 71.000°W	Venezuela
6°59′N 71°0′W / 6.983°N 71.000°W	Colombia
2°17′S 71°0′W / 2.283°S 71.000°W	Peru
4°23′S 71°0′W / 4.383°S 71.000°W	Brazil	Amazonas Acre – from 8°0′S 71°0′W / 8.000°S 71.000°W
9°49′S 71°0′W / 9.817°S 71.000°W	Peru
17°53′S 71°0′W / 17.883°S 71.000°W	Pacific Ocean
27°41′S 71°0′W / 27.683°S 71.000°W	Chile
36°29′S 71°0′W / 36.483°S 71.000°W	Argentina
38°21′S 71°0′W / 38.350°S 71.000°W	Chile
38°46′S 71°0′W / 38.767°S 71.000°W	Argentina
52°0′S 71°0′W / 52.000°S 71.000°W	Chile
53°48′S 71°0′W / 53.800°S 71.000°W	Straits of Magellan
54°5′S 71°0′W / 54.083°S 71.000°W	Chile	Aracena Island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Stewart Island and Londonderry Island
54°59′S 71°0′W / 54.983°S 71.000°W	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 71°0′W / 60.000°S 71.000°W	Southern Ocean
68°52′S 71°0′W / 68.867°S 71.000°W	Antarctica	Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica),  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

• 70th meridian west
• 72nd meridian west