# 83rd meridian west

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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, Costa Rica, Panama the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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 / ﻿90.000°N 83.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -83.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°17′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.283°N 83.000°W﻿ / 82.283; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 76°25′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.417°N 83.000°W﻿ / 76.417; -83.000﻿ (Jones Sound) Jones Sound 75°45′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.750°N 83.000°W﻿ / 75.750; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island 74°35′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.583°N 83.000°W﻿ / 74.583; -83.000﻿ (Lancaster Sound) Lancaster Sound 73°40′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.667°N 83.000°W﻿ / 73.667; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 69°58′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.967°N 83.000°W﻿ / 69.967; -83.000﻿ (Fury and Hecla Strait) Fury and Hecla Strait 69°46′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.767°N 83.000°W﻿ / 69.767; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island 66°12′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.200°N 83.000°W﻿ / 66.200; -83.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 64°54′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.900°N 83.000°W﻿ / 64.900; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Southampton Island 63°57′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.950°N 83.000°W﻿ / 63.950; -83.000﻿ (Evans Strait) Evans Strait 62°52′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.867°N 83.000°W﻿ / 62.867; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Coats Island 62°13′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.217°N 83.000°W﻿ / 62.217; -83.000﻿ (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 55°16′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.267°N 83.000°W﻿ / 55.267; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — a small unnamed islandOntario — from 55°13′N 85°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.217°N 85.000°W﻿ / 55.217; -85.000﻿ (Ontario), the mainland and Manitoulin Island 45°49′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.817°N 83.000°W﻿ / 45.817; -83.000﻿ (Lake Huron) Lake Huron 44°3′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿44.050°N 83.000°W﻿ / 44.050; -83.000﻿ (United States)  United States Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.333°N 83.000°W﻿ / 42.333; -83.000﻿ (Detroit)) 42°19′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.317°N 83.000°W﻿ / 42.317; -83.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.300°N 83.000°W﻿ / 42.300; -83.000﻿ (Windsor)) 42°1′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.017°N 83.000°W﻿ / 42.017; -83.000﻿ (Lake Erie) Lake Erie 41°32′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.533°N 83.000°W﻿ / 41.533; -83.000﻿ (United States)  United States Ohio — passing through Columbus (at 39°57′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.950°N 83.000°W﻿ / 39.950; -83.000﻿ (Columbus))Kentucky — from 38°43′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿38.717°N 83.000°W﻿ / 38.717; -83.000﻿ (Kentucky)Virginia — from 36°51′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿36.850°N 83.000°W﻿ / 36.850; -83.000﻿ (Virginia)Tennessee — from 36°35′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿36.583°N 83.000°W﻿ / 36.583; -83.000﻿ (Tennessee)North Carolina — from 35°46′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿35.767°N 83.000°W﻿ / 35.767; -83.000﻿ (North Carolina)South Carolina — from 35°1′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿35.017°N 83.000°W﻿ / 35.017; -83.000﻿ (South Carolina)Georgia — from 34°28′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿34.467°N 83.000°W﻿ / 34.467; -83.000﻿ (Georgia)Florida — from 30°37′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿30.617°N 83.000°W﻿ / 30.617; -83.000﻿ (Florida) 29°10′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿29.167°N 83.000°W﻿ / 29.167; -83.000﻿ (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida, United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W﻿ / ﻿24.633°N 82.933°W﻿ / 24.633; -82.933﻿ (Dry Tortugas)) 23°1′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.017°N 83.000°W﻿ / 23.017; -83.000﻿ (Cuba)  Cuba 22°31′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.517°N 83.000°W﻿ / 22.517; -83.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Gulf of Batabanó 21°56′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.933°N 83.000°W﻿ / 21.933; -83.000﻿ (Cuba)  Cuba Isla de la Juventud 21°28′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.467°N 83.000°W﻿ / 21.467; -83.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing through the Miskito Cays, Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.383°N 83.000°W﻿ / 14.383; -83.000﻿ (Miskito Cays)) Passing between the Corn Islands, Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.217°N 83.000°W﻿ / 12.217; -83.000﻿ (Corn Islands)) 9°55′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.917°N 83.000°W﻿ / 9.917; -83.000﻿ (Costa Rica)  Costa Rica 8°22′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.367°N 83.000°W﻿ / 8.367; -83.000﻿ (Panama)  Panama For about 8 km 8°17′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.283°N 83.000°W﻿ / 8.283; -83.000﻿ (Costa Rica)  Costa Rica For about 4 km 8°15′N 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.250°N 83.000°W﻿ / 8.250; -83.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 83.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -83.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 73°33′S 83°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.550°S 83.000°W﻿ / -73.550; -83.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Chile