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:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Nunavut – Ellesmere Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nares Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Greenland Mainland, Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baffin Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Nunavut – High Bluff Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Nunavut – Diana Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Diana Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Quebec Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Saint Lawrence River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada Quebec Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United States Maine Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Maine Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United States Massachusetts – Cape Cod and Monomoy Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Nantucket Sound Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United States Massachusetts – Nantucket Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola – passing just west of Santo Domingo (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aruba Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Venezuela Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Colombia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Brazil Amazonas Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Colombia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Peru Loreto Region – for about 16 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Brazil Amazonas
Acre – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Peru Madre de Dios Region
Puno Region – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Tacna Region – from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Argentina For about 8 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Argentina Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile For about 8 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Argentina Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Argentina Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Straits of Magellan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Thompson Island, Waterman Island and Hoste Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by Argentina (Argentine Antarctica), Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)