62nd meridian west

The meridian 62° 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.

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62nd meridian west

The 62nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 118th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 62nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 62°0′W	Arctic Ocean
83°24′N 62°0′W	Lincoln Sea
82°30′N 62°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
82°5′N 62°0′W	Nares Strait
81°8′N 62°0′W	Greenland	Daugaard-Jensen Land
76°4′N 62°0′W	Baffin Bay
70°0′N 62°0′W	Davis Strait
67°3′N 62°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
66°17′N 62°0′W	Davis Strait	Exeter Sound
66°2′N 62°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
66°1′N 62°0′W	Davis Strait	Passing just east of Angijak Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 65°39′N 62°7′W)
60°0′N 62°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Labrador Sea
57°55′N 62°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°0′N 62°0′W
50°12′N 62°0′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Jacques Cartier Strait
49°22′N 62°0′W	Canada	Quebec — Anticosti Island
49°4′N 62°0′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
47°17′N 62°0′W	Canada	Quebec — Magdalen Islands
47°13′N 62°0′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°28′N 62°0′W	Canada	Prince Edward Island — easternmost tip
46°27′N 62°0′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Northumberland Strait
45°52′N 62°0′W	Canada	Nova Scotia
44°59′N 62°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
17°45′N 62°0′W	Caribbean Sea	Passing just west of the island of Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda (at 17°42′N 61°53′W) Passing just west of the island of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (at 17°6′N 61°54′W) Passing just east of the island of Montserrat (at 16°41′N 62°9′W) Passing just west of the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France (at 16°16′N 61°48′W) Passing just west of the island of Grenada (at 12°0′N 61°48′W)
10°43′N 62°0′W	Venezuela	Paria Peninsula
10°39′N 62°0′W	Gulf of Paria	Passing just west of the island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (at 10°3′N 61°55′W)
9°56′N 62°0′W	Venezuela
4°10′N 62°0′W	Brazil	Roraima Amazonas — from 1°11′S 62°0′W Rondônia — from 8°48′S 62°0′W
13°21′S 62°0′W	Bolivia
20°12′S 62°0′W	Paraguay
23°0′S 62°0′W	Argentina	Mainland, Isla Bermejo and Isla Trinidad
39°10′S 62°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 62°0′W	Southern Ocean
63°15′S 62°0′W	South Shetland Islands	Low Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
63°19′S 62°0′W	Southern Ocean
64°0′S 62°0′W	Antarctica	Liège Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
64°4′S 62°0′W	Southern Ocean
64°41′S 62°0′W	Antarctica	Claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom