# 73rd meridian west

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The meridian 73° 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 73rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 107th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 73rd meridian west passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 73.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -73.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°4′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.067°N 73.000°W﻿ / 83.067; -73.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Ellesmere Island 79°45′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿79.750°N 73.000°W﻿ / 79.750; -73.000﻿ (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 78°11′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.183°N 73.000°W﻿ / 78.183; -73.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Cape Alexander 78°9′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.150°N 73.000°W﻿ / 78.150; -73.000﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay Passing just west of Hakluyt Island, Greenland (at 77°26′N 72°48′W﻿ / ﻿77.433°N 72.800°W﻿ / 77.433; -72.800﻿ (Hakluyt Island)) Passing through the Carey Islands, Greenland (at 76°42′N 72°48′W﻿ / ﻿76.700°N 72.800°W﻿ / 76.700; -72.800﻿ (Carey Islands)) 71°26′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.433°N 73.000°W﻿ / 71.433; -73.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Dexterity Island, Adams Island and Baffin Island 68°13′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.217°N 73.000°W﻿ / 68.217; -73.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin 66°43′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.717°N 73.000°W﻿ / 66.717; -73.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island 64°5′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.083°N 73.000°W﻿ / 64.083; -73.000﻿ (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 62°11′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.183°N 73.000°W﻿ / 62.183; -73.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec – passing through the Archipelago of Saint-Pierre Lake 45°1′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.017°N 73.000°W﻿ / 45.017; -73.000﻿ (United States)  United States Vermont Massachusetts – from 42°44′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.733°N 73.000°W﻿ / 42.733; -73.000﻿ (Massachusetts) Connecticut – from 42°2′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.033°N 73.000°W﻿ / 42.033; -73.000﻿ (Connecticut) (passing just west of New Haven at 41°18′N 72°55′W﻿ / ﻿41.300°N 72.917°W﻿ / 41.300; -72.917﻿ (Connecticut)) 41°13′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.217°N 73.000°W﻿ / 41.217; -73.000﻿ (Long Island Sound) Long Island Sound 40°58′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.967°N 73.000°W﻿ / 40.967; -73.000﻿ (United States)  United States New York – Long Island 40°41′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.683°N 73.000°W﻿ / 40.683; -73.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 22°25′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.417°N 73.000°W﻿ / 22.417; -73.000﻿ (Bahamas)  Bahamas Island of Mayaguana 22°22′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.367°N 73.000°W﻿ / 22.367; -73.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 21°33′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.550°N 73.000°W﻿ / 21.550; -73.000﻿ (Bahamas)  Bahamas Island of Little Inagua 21°27′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.450°N 73.000°W﻿ / 21.450; -73.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of Great Inagua, Bahamas (at 21°18′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.300°N 73.000°W﻿ / 21.300; -73.000﻿ (Great Inagua)) Passing just west of the island of Tortuga, Haiti (at 20°3′N 72°58′W﻿ / ﻿20.050°N 72.967°W﻿ / 20.050; -72.967﻿ (Tortuga)) 19°55′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.917°N 73.000°W﻿ / 19.917; -73.000﻿ (Haiti)  Haiti Island of Hispaniola 19°36′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.600°N 73.000°W﻿ / 19.600; -73.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Gulf of Gonâve 18°54′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.900°N 73.000°W﻿ / 18.900; -73.000﻿ (Haiti)  Haiti Gonâve Island 18°45′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.750°N 73.000°W﻿ / 18.750; -73.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Gulf of Gonâve 18°28′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.467°N 73.000°W﻿ / 18.467; -73.000﻿ (Haiti)  Haiti Island of Hispaniola – Tiburon Peninsula 18°11′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.183°N 73.000°W﻿ / 18.183; -73.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 11°30′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.500°N 73.000°W﻿ / 11.500; -73.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia 9°46′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.767°N 73.000°W﻿ / 9.767; -73.000﻿ (Venezuela)  Venezuela 9°17′N 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.283°N 73.000°W﻿ / 9.283; -73.000﻿ (Colombia)  Colombia 2°23′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿2.383°S 73.000°W﻿ / -2.383; -73.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 5°44′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.733°S 73.000°W﻿ / -5.733; -73.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Amazonas Acre – from 7°28′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.467°S 73.000°W﻿ / -7.467; -73.000﻿ (Acre) 8°56′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.933°S 73.000°W﻿ / -8.933; -73.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 9°10′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.167°S 73.000°W﻿ / -9.167; -73.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Acre 9°25′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.417°S 73.000°W﻿ / -9.417; -73.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 16°31′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿16.517°S 73.000°W﻿ / -16.517; -73.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 36°44′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿36.733°S 73.000°W﻿ / -36.733; -73.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Passing just east of Concepción 41°30′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.500°S 73.000°W﻿ / -41.500; -73.000﻿ (Gulf of Ancud) Gulf of Ancud 42°15′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.250°S 73.000°W﻿ / -42.250; -73.000﻿ (Gulf of Corcovado) Gulf of Corcovado 43°17′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.283°S 73.000°W﻿ / -43.283; -73.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Mainland, Magdalena Island, and the mainland again 49°1′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.017°S 73.000°W﻿ / -49.017; -73.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 50°46′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿50.767°S 73.000°W﻿ / -50.767; -73.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Mainland, Riesco Island and Santa Inés Island 54°5′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.083°S 73.000°W﻿ / -54.083; -73.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 54°28′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.467°S 73.000°W﻿ / -54.467; -73.000﻿ (Chile)  Chile Noir Island 54°29′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.483°S 73.000°W﻿ / -54.483; -73.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 73.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -73.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°40′S 73°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.667°S 73.000°W﻿ / -69.667; -73.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom