73rd meridian west explained

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-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
NunavutEllesmere Island
Nares Strait
Cape Alexander
Baffin BayPassing just west of Hakluyt Island, (at)
Passing through the Carey Islands, (at)
NunavutDexterity Island, Adams Island and Baffin Island
Foxe Basin
NunavutBaffin Island
Hudson Strait
Quebec – passing through the Archipelago of Saint-Pierre Lake
Vermont
Massachusetts – from
Connecticut – from (passing just west of New Haven at)
Long Island Sound
New YorkLong Island
Atlantic Ocean
Island of Mayaguana
Atlantic Ocean
Island of Little Inagua
Atlantic OceanPassing just east of the island of Great Inagua, (at)
Passing just west of the island of Tortuga, (at)
Island of Hispaniola
Caribbean SeaGulf of Gonâve
Gonâve Island
Caribbean SeaGulf of Gonâve
Island of HispaniolaTiburon Peninsula
Caribbean Sea
Amazonas
Acre – from
Acre
Pacific Ocean
Passing just east of Concepción
Gulf of Ancud
Gulf of Corcovado
Mainland, Magdalena Island, and the mainland again
Mainland, Riesco Island and Santa Inés Island
Pacific Ocean
Noir Island
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaAlexander Island and mainland – claimed by, and

See also