60th meridian west

60th meridian west
The meridian 60° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The mean solar time of this meridian is the base for the Atlantic Time Zone (UTC-4 during standard time).
The 60th meridian west forms a great circle with the 120th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 60th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea
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|Hall Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Davis Strait
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Labrador Sea
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| Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Saint Lawrence
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, (at )
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Cabot Strait
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| Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Nova Scotia — Sable Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Roraima — for about 18 km
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| Roraima Amazonas — from , passing just east of Manaus at Mato Grosso — from Rondônia — from Mato Grosso — from Rondônia — from Mato Grosso — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Islands of Keppel and West Falkland — claimed by
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | South Shetland Islands
| Greenwich Island and Livingston Island — claimed by , and
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by , and
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Weddell Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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See also
59th meridian west
61st meridian west
w060 meridian west