# 74th meridian west

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The meridian 74° 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.
It is the most populous meridian in the Americas and the second most populous west of Greenwich, being home to between 30.3 million and 31.2 million people as of 2019.
In Antarctica, the meridian defines the western limit of the Argentinian territorial claim, and passes through the Chilean and British claims – the three claims overlap.
The 74th meridian west forms a great circle with the 106th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 74th meridian west passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 74.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -74.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°56′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.933°N 74.000°W﻿ / 82.933; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 79°27′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿79.450°N 74.000°W﻿ / 79.450; -74.000﻿ (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 78°0′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.000°N 74.000°W﻿ / 78.000; -74.000﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 71°44′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.733°N 74.000°W﻿ / 71.733; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 68°30′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.500°N 74.000°W﻿ / 68.500; -74.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 68°3′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.050°N 74.000°W﻿ / 68.050; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Air Force Island 67°47′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.783°N 74.000°W﻿ / 67.783; -74.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 66°19′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.317°N 74.000°W﻿ / 66.317; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 65°50′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.833°N 74.000°W﻿ / 65.833; -74.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 65°30′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.500°N 74.000°W﻿ / 65.500; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 64°17′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.283°N 74.000°W﻿ / 64.283; -74.000﻿ (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 62°40′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.667°N 74.000°W﻿ / 62.667; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Charles Island 62°24′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.400°N 74.000°W﻿ / 62.400; -74.000﻿ (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 62°22′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.367°N 74.000°W﻿ / 62.367; -74.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec – passing through Saint-Jérôme and Lake of Two Mountains 45°0′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.000°N 74.000°W﻿ / 45.000; -74.000﻿ (United States)  United States New York New Jersey — from 41°2′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.033°N 74.000°W﻿ / 41.033; -74.000﻿ (New Jersey) New York — Manhattan Island and Long Island, from 40°47′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.783°N 74.000°W﻿ / 40.783; -74.000﻿ (New York) 40°34′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.567°N 74.000°W﻿ / 40.567; -74.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Lower New York Bay 40°28′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.467°N 74.000°W﻿ / 40.467; -74.000﻿ (United States)  United States New Jersey 40°13′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.217°N 74.000°W﻿ / 40.217; -74.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Crooked Island, Bahamas (at 23°43′N 74°1′W﻿ / ﻿23.717°N 74.017°W﻿ / 23.717; -74.017﻿ (Crooked Island)) 22°41′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.683°N 74.000°W﻿ / 22.683; -74.000﻿ (Bahamas)  Bahamas Island of Acklins 22°35′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.583°N 74.000°W﻿ / 22.583; -74.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Bight of Acklins 22°25′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.417°N 74.000°W﻿ / 22.417; -74.000﻿ (Bahamas)  Bahamas Island of Acklins 22°20′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.333°N 74.000°W﻿ / 22.333; -74.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Cuba (at 20°12′N 74°8′W﻿ / ﻿20.200°N 74.133°W﻿ / 20.200; -74.133﻿ (Cuba)) 20°0′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿20.000°N 74.000°W﻿ / 20.000; -74.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 18°36′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.600°N 74.000°W﻿ / 18.600; -74.000﻿ (Haiti)  Haiti Tiburon Peninsula, island of Hispaniola 18°10′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.167°N 74.000°W﻿ / 18.167; -74.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 11°21′N 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.350°N 74.000°W﻿ / 11.350; -74.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia Passing just east of Bogotá (at 4°37′N 74°5′W﻿ / ﻿4.617°N 74.083°W﻿ / 4.617; -74.083﻿ (Bogotá)) 1°7′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿1.117°S 74.000°W﻿ / -1.117; -74.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 16°2′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿16.033°S 74.000°W﻿ / -16.033; -74.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 41°47′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.783°S 74.000°W﻿ / -41.783; -74.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Chiloé Island 43°24′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.400°S 74.000°W﻿ / -43.400; -74.000﻿ (Gulf of Corcovado) Gulf of Corcovado 43°47′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.783°S 74.000°W﻿ / -43.783; -74.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Chonos Archipelago, Taitao Peninsula (mainland), Merino Jarpa Island, mainland, and several islands in the Patagonic Archipelago 52°42′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.700°S 74.000°W﻿ / -52.700; -74.000﻿ (Straits of Magellan) Straits of Magellan 52°58′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.967°S 74.000°W﻿ / -52.967; -74.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Desolación Island 53°11′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿53.183°S 74.000°W﻿ / -53.183; -74.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 74.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -74.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°39′S 74°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.650°S 74.000°W﻿ / -69.650; -74.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica The western limit of Argentine Antarctica, claimed by Argentina, and passing through Antártica Chilena Province, claimed by Chile, and British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom