74th meridian west

74th meridian west
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:
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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| Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Nares Strait
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay
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| Nunavut — Baffin Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Foxe Basin
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| Nunavut — Air Force Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Foxe Basin
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| Nunavut — Baffin Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Foxe Basin
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| Nunavut — Baffin Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Strait
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| Nunavut — Charles Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Strait
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| Quebec – passing through Saint-Jérôme and Lake of Two Mountains
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| New York New Jersey — from New York — Manhattan Island and Long Island, from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| New Jersey
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Crooked Island, (at )
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| Island of Acklins
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Island of Acklins
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea
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| Tiburon Peninsula, island of Hispaniola
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea
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| Passing just east of Bogotá (at )
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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| Chiloé Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Corcovado
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| Chonos Archipelago, Taitao Peninsula (mainland), Merino Jarpa Island, mainland, and several islands in the Patagonic Archipelago
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Straits of Magellan
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| Desolación Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| The western limit of Argentine Antarctica, claimed by , and passing through Antártica Chilena Province, claimed by , and British Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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See also
73rd meridian west
75th meridian west
References
w074 meridian west
Borders of Argentina