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83rd meridian west (interactive map)

Themeridian 83° west ofGreenwich is a line oflongitude^[1]that extends from theNorth Pole across theArctic Ocean,North America,^[2] theGulf of Mexico, theCaribbean Sea,Costa Rica,Panama thePacific Ocean, theSouthern Ocean, andAntarctica to theSouth Pole.

The 83rd meridian west forms agreat circle with the97th meridian east.

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

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N83°0′W / 90.000°N 83.000°W /90.000; -83.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
82°17′N83°0′W / 82.283°N 83.000°W /82.283; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Ellesmere Island
76°25′N83°0′W / 76.417°N 83.000°W /76.417; -83.000 (Jones Sound)	Jones Sound
75°45′N83°0′W / 75.750°N 83.000°W /75.750; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Devon Island
74°35′N83°0′W / 74.583°N 83.000°W /74.583; -83.000 (Lancaster Sound)	Lancaster Sound
73°40′N83°0′W / 73.667°N 83.000°W /73.667; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Baffin Island
69°58′N83°0′W / 69.967°N 83.000°W /69.967; -83.000 (Fury and Hecla Strait)	Fury and Hecla Strait
69°46′N83°0′W / 69.767°N 83.000°W /69.767; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Liddon Island,Melville Peninsula (mainland) andWinter Island
66°12′N83°0′W / 66.200°N 83.000°W /66.200; -83.000 (Foxe Basin)	Foxe Basin
64°54′N83°0′W / 64.900°N 83.000°W /64.900; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Southampton Island
63°57′N83°0′W / 63.950°N 83.000°W /63.950; -83.000 (Evans Strait)	Evans Strait
62°52′N83°0′W / 62.867°N 83.000°W /62.867; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut —Coats Island
62°13′N83°0′W / 62.217°N 83.000°W /62.217; -83.000 (Hudson Bay)	Hudson Bay
55°16′N83°0′W / 55.267°N 83.000°W /55.267; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — a small unnamed island Ontario — from55°13′N85°0′W / 55.217°N 85.000°W /55.217; -85.000 (Ontario), the mainland andManitoulin Island
45°49′N83°0′W / 45.817°N 83.000°W /45.817; -83.000 (Lake Huron)	Lake Huron
44°3′N83°0′W / 44.050°N 83.000°W /44.050; -83.000 (United States)	United States	Michigan — passing throughDetroit(at42°20′N83°0′W / 42.333°N 83.000°W /42.333; -83.000 (Detroit))
42°19′N83°0′W / 42.317°N 83.000°W /42.317; -83.000 (Canada)	Canada	Ontario — passing throughWindsor(42°18′N83°0′W / 42.300°N 83.000°W /42.300; -83.000 (Windsor))
42°1′N83°0′W / 42.017°N 83.000°W /42.017; -83.000 (Lake Erie)	Lake Erie
41°32′N83°0′W / 41.533°N 83.000°W /41.533; -83.000 (United States)	United States	Ohio — passing throughColumbus (at39°57′N83°0′W / 39.950°N 83.000°W /39.950; -83.000 (Columbus)) Kentucky — from38°43′N83°0′W / 38.717°N 83.000°W /38.717; -83.000 (Kentucky) Virginia — from36°51′N83°0′W / 36.850°N 83.000°W /36.850; -83.000 (Virginia) Tennessee — from36°35′N83°0′W / 36.583°N 83.000°W /36.583; -83.000 (Tennessee) North Carolina — from35°46′N83°0′W / 35.767°N 83.000°W /35.767; -83.000 (North Carolina) South Carolina — from35°1′N83°0′W / 35.017°N 83.000°W /35.017; -83.000 (South Carolina) Georgia — from34°28′N83°0′W / 34.467°N 83.000°W /34.467; -83.000 (Georgia) Florida — from30°37′N83°0′W / 30.617°N 83.000°W /30.617; -83.000 (Florida)
29°10′N83°0′W / 29.167°N 83.000°W /29.167; -83.000 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico	Passing just west of theDry Tortugas islands,Florida, United States (at24°38′N82°56′W / 24.633°N 82.933°W /24.633; -82.933 (Dry Tortugas))
23°1′N83°0′W / 23.017°N 83.000°W /23.017; -83.000 (Cuba)	Cuba
22°31′N83°0′W / 22.517°N 83.000°W /22.517; -83.000 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea	Gulf of Batabanó
21°56′N83°0′W / 21.933°N 83.000°W /21.933; -83.000 (Cuba)	Cuba	Isla de la Juventud
21°28′N83°0′W / 21.467°N 83.000°W /21.467; -83.000 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea	Passing through theMiskito Cays, Nicaragua (at14°23′N83°0′W / 14.383°N 83.000°W /14.383; -83.000 (Miskito Cays)) Passing between theCorn Islands, Nicaragua (at12°13′N83°0′W / 12.217°N 83.000°W /12.217; -83.000 (Corn Islands))
9°55′N83°0′W / 9.917°N 83.000°W /9.917; -83.000 (Costa Rica)	Costa Rica
8°22′N83°0′W / 8.367°N 83.000°W /8.367; -83.000 (Panama)	Panama	For about 8 km
8°17′N83°0′W / 8.283°N 83.000°W /8.283; -83.000 (Costa Rica)	Costa Rica	For about 4 km
8°15′N83°0′W / 8.250°N 83.000°W /8.250; -83.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S83°0′W / 60.000°S 83.000°W /-60.000; -83.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
73°33′S83°0′W / 73.550°S 83.000°W /-73.550; -83.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Territoryclaimed by Chile

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