# 79th meridian west

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The meridian 79° 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, Panama, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 79th meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 101st meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 79th meridian west passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 79.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -79.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°52′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.867°N 79.000°W﻿ / 82.867; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 76°25′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.417°N 79.000°W﻿ / 76.417; -79.000﻿ (Glacier Strait) Glacier Strait 76°7′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.117°N 79.000°W﻿ / 76.117; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Coburg Island 75°50′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.833°N 79.000°W﻿ / 75.833; -79.000﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 73°38′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.633°N 79.000°W﻿ / 73.633; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Bylot Island 72°46′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.767°N 79.000°W﻿ / 72.767; -79.000﻿ (Eclipse Sound) Eclipse Sound 72°26′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.433°N 79.000°W﻿ / 72.433; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Emmerson Island, Frechette Island and Baffin Island 69°53′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.883°N 79.000°W﻿ / 69.883; -79.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin Passing just west of Koch Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°29′N 78°51′W﻿ / ﻿69.483°N 78.850°W﻿ / 69.483; -78.850﻿ (Koch Island)) 69°7′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.117°N 79.000°W﻿ / 69.117; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Rowley Island 68°54′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.900°N 79.000°W﻿ / 68.900; -79.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin Passing just west of North Spicer Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 68°29′N 78°57′W﻿ / ﻿68.483°N 78.950°W﻿ / 68.483; -78.950﻿ (Spicer Islands)) 68°22′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.367°N 79.000°W﻿ / 68.367; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — South Spicer Island 68°11′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.183°N 79.000°W﻿ / 68.183; -79.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 65°30′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.500°N 79.000°W﻿ / 65.500; -79.000﻿ (Foxe Channel) Foxe Channel 62°42′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.700°N 79.000°W﻿ / 62.700; -79.000﻿ (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay Passing just west of Elsie Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 58°51′N 78°58′W﻿ / ﻿58.850°N 78.967°W﻿ / 58.850; -78.967﻿ (Elsie Island)) 56°25′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿56.417°N 79.000°W﻿ / 56.417; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island 55°59′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.983°N 79.000°W﻿ / 55.983; -79.000﻿ (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay Passing just east of Long Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 54°56′N 79°1′W﻿ / ﻿54.933°N 79.017°W﻿ / 54.933; -79.017﻿ (Long Island)) 54°50′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.833°N 79.000°W﻿ / 54.833; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec 53°24′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.400°N 79.000°W﻿ / 53.400; -79.000﻿ (James Bay) James Bay Passing west of Waskaganish (Fort Rupert, Quebec) at 51°29′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿51.483°N 79.000°W﻿ / 51.483; -79.000﻿ (James Bay) 51°47′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿51.783°N 79.000°W﻿ / 51.783; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec Ontario — from 46°35′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿46.583°N 79.000°W﻿ / 46.583; -79.000﻿ (Ontario) 43°49′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.817°N 79.000°W﻿ / 43.817; -79.000﻿ (Lake Ontario) Lake Ontario 43°16′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.267°N 79.000°W﻿ / 43.267; -79.000﻿ (United States)  United States New York — passing just east of Niagara Falls (at 43°5′N 79°4′W﻿ / ﻿43.083°N 79.067°W﻿ / 43.083; -79.067﻿ (Niagara Falls)) and west of Lockport (at 43°10′N 78°42′W﻿ / ﻿43.167°N 78.700°W﻿ / 43.167; -78.700﻿ (Lockport)) 42°58′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.967°N 79.000°W﻿ / 42.967; -79.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario 42°52′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.867°N 79.000°W﻿ / 42.867; -79.000﻿ (Lake Erie) Lake Erie 42°42′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.700°N 79.000°W﻿ / 42.700; -79.000﻿ (United States)  United States New York — Grand Island and the Niagara River near Buffalo Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.000°N 79.000°W﻿ / 42.000; -79.000﻿ (Pennsylvania) Maryland — from 39°43′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.717°N 79.000°W﻿ / 39.717; -79.000﻿ (Maryland) West Virginia — from 39°27′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.450°N 79.000°W﻿ / 39.450; -79.000﻿ (West Virginia) Virginia — passing just east of Staunton at 38°9′N 79°4′W﻿ / ﻿38.150°N 79.067°W﻿ / 38.150; -79.067﻿ (Staunton) North Carolina — passing just west of Durham at 35°59′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿35.983°N 79.000°W﻿ / 35.983; -79.000﻿ (Durham) South Carolina — from 34°14′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿34.233°N 79.000°W﻿ / 34.233; -79.000﻿ (South Carolina) 33°34′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.567°N 79.000°W﻿ / 33.567; -79.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Grand Bahama, Bahamas (at 26°41′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿26.683°N 79.000°W﻿ / 26.683; -79.000﻿ (Grand Bahama)) 22°40′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.667°N 79.000°W﻿ / 22.667; -79.000﻿ (Cuba)  Cuba Cayo Santa Maria and the mainland 21°36′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.600°N 79.000°W﻿ / 21.600; -79.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Caribbean Sea 20°53′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿20.883°N 79.000°W﻿ / 20.883; -79.000﻿ (Cuba)  Cuba Doce Leguas Cays 20°51′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿20.850°N 79.000°W﻿ / 20.850; -79.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Caribbean Sea 9°34′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.567°N 79.000°W﻿ / 9.567; -79.000﻿ (Panama)  Panama 8°57′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.950°N 79.000°W﻿ / 8.950; -79.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Panama 8°28′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.467°N 79.000°W﻿ / 8.467; -79.000﻿ (Panama)  Panama Pearl Islands 8°27′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.450°N 79.000°W﻿ / 8.450; -79.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 1°41′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿1.683°N 79.000°W﻿ / 1.683; -79.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia Westernmost point 1°35′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿1.583°N 79.000°W﻿ / 1.583; -79.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Ancón de Sardinas Bay 1°14′N 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿1.233°N 79.000°W﻿ / 1.233; -79.000﻿ (Ecuador)  Ecuador 4°59′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.983°S 79.000°W﻿ / -4.983; -79.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 8°13′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.217°S 79.000°W﻿ / -8.217; -79.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 33°40′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.667°S 79.000°W﻿ / -33.667; -79.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara 33°42′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.700°S 79.000°W﻿ / -33.700; -79.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 79.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -79.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 72°57′S 79°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.950°S 79.000°W﻿ / -72.950; -79.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)