# 70th meridian west

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The meridian 70° 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 70th meridian west forms a great circle with the 110th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 70th meridian west passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 70.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -70.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°7′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.117°N 70.000°W﻿ / 83.117; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Ellesmere Island 80°14′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿80.233°N 70.000°W﻿ / 80.233; -70.000﻿ (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 78°47′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.783°N 70.000°W﻿ / 78.783; -70.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Inglefield Land, Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Island 76°24′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.400°N 70.000°W﻿ / 76.400; -70.000﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°51′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.850°N 70.000°W﻿ / 70.850; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island 62°45′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.750°N 70.000°W﻿ / 62.750; -70.000﻿ (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 62°34′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.567°N 70.000°W﻿ / 62.567; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – High Bluff Island 62°33′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.550°N 70.000°W﻿ / 62.550; -70.000﻿ (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 61°1′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿61.017°N 70.000°W﻿ / 61.017; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Diana Island 60°57′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.950°N 70.000°W﻿ / 60.950; -70.000﻿ (Diana Bay) Diana Bay 60°50′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.833°N 70.000°W﻿ / 60.833; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec 47°42′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿47.700°N 70.000°W﻿ / 47.700; -70.000﻿ (Saint Lawrence River) Saint Lawrence River 47°30′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿47.500°N 70.000°W﻿ / 47.500; -70.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec 46°40′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿46.667°N 70.000°W﻿ / 46.667; -70.000﻿ (United States)  United States Maine 43°43′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.717°N 70.000°W﻿ / 43.717; -70.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Maine 41°58′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.967°N 70.000°W﻿ / 41.967; -70.000﻿ (United States)  United States Massachusetts – Cape Cod and Monomoy Island 41°33′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.550°N 70.000°W﻿ / 41.550; -70.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Nantucket Sound 41°19′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.317°N 70.000°W﻿ / 41.317; -70.000﻿ (United States)  United States Massachusetts – Nantucket Island 41°14′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.233°N 70.000°W﻿ / 41.233; -70.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 19°41′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.683°N 70.000°W﻿ / 19.683; -70.000﻿ (Dominican Republic)  Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola – passing just west of Santo Domingo (at 18°29′N 69°54′W﻿ / ﻿18.483°N 69.900°W﻿ / 18.483; -69.900﻿ (Santo Domingo)) 18°25′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.417°N 70.000°W﻿ / 18.417; -70.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 12°35′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.583°N 70.000°W﻿ / 12.583; -70.000﻿ (Aruba)  Aruba 12°28′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.467°N 70.000°W﻿ / 12.467; -70.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 12°11′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.183°N 70.000°W﻿ / 12.183; -70.000﻿ (Venezuela)  Venezuela 6°53′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.883°N 70.000°W﻿ / 6.883; -70.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia 0°34′N 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.567°N 70.000°W﻿ / 0.567; -70.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Amazonas 0°12′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.200°S 70.000°W﻿ / -0.200; -70.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia 4°10′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.167°S 70.000°W﻿ / -4.167; -70.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru Loreto Region – for about 16 km 4°19′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.317°S 70.000°W﻿ / -4.317; -70.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Amazonas Acre – from 8°20′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.333°S 70.000°W﻿ / -8.333; -70.000﻿ (Acre)) 10°58′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.967°S 70.000°W﻿ / -10.967; -70.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru Madre de Dios Region Puno Region – from 13°9′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.150°S 70.000°W﻿ / -13.150; -70.000﻿ (Puno)) Tacna Region – from 17°7′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿17.117°S 70.000°W﻿ / -17.117; -70.000﻿ (Tacna)) 18°16′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.267°S 70.000°W﻿ / -18.267; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile 29°19′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿29.317°S 70.000°W﻿ / -29.317; -70.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina For about 8 km 29°24′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿29.400°S 70.000°W﻿ / -29.400; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile 30°23′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿30.383°S 70.000°W﻿ / -30.383; -70.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 32°52′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿32.867°S 70.000°W﻿ / -32.867; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile For about 8 km 32°56′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿32.933°S 70.000°W﻿ / -32.933; -70.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 33°16′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.267°S 70.000°W﻿ / -33.267; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile 34°17′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿34.283°S 70.000°W﻿ / -34.283; -70.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 52°0′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.000°S 70.000°W﻿ / -52.000; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile 52°33′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.550°S 70.000°W﻿ / -52.550; -70.000﻿ (Straits of Magellan) Straits of Magellan 52°50′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.833°S 70.000°W﻿ / -52.833; -70.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Thompson Island, Waterman Island and Hoste Island 55°22′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.367°S 70.000°W﻿ / -55.367; -70.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 70.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -70.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°17′S 70°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.283°S 70.000°W﻿ / -69.283; -70.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by Argentina (Argentine Antarctica), Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)