61st meridian west

The meridian 61° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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.

61°

61st meridian west

The 61st meridian west forms a great circle with the 119th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 61st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 61°0′W	Arctic Ocean	Passing just east of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 82°21′N 61°7′W)
83°26′N 61°0′W	Lincoln Sea
81°50′N 61°0′W	Greenland	Hall Land
76°3′N 61°0′W	Baffin Bay
70°0′N 61°0′W	Davis Strait	Passing just east of Baffin Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 66°37′N 61°15′W)
60°0′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Labrador Sea
56°7′N 61°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°0′N 61°0′W
50°12′N 61°0′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°39′N 61°0′W	Canada	Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame
45°30′N 61°0′W	Chedabucto Bay
45°20′N 61°0′W	Canada	Nova Scotia
45°16′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of La Désirade, Guadeloupe,  France (at 16°20′N 61°0′W) Passing just east of the island of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe,  France (at 15°56′N 61°11′W) Passing just east of the island of  Dominica (at 15°19′N 61°15′W)
14°48′N 61°0′W	France	Martinique
14°28′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Saint Lucia Channel
14°1′N 61°0′W	Saint Lucia
13°45′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of St Vincent,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 13°17′N 61°7′W) Passing just east of the island of Baliceaux,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°57′N 61°7′W) Passing just east of the island of Mustique,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°53′N 61°10′W)
10°50′N 61°0′W	Trinidad and Tobago	Island of Trinidad
10°42′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
10°21′N 61°0′W	Trinidad and Tobago	Island of Trinidad
10°8′N 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
9°33′N 61°0′W	Venezuela
6°44′N 61°0′W	Guyana	Territory claimed by  Venezuela
5°31′N 61°0′W	Venezuela
4°31′N 61°0′W	Brazil	Roraima Amazonas — from 0°33′S 61°0′W Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 61°0′W Rondônia — from 10°59′S 61°0′W
13°32′S 61°0′W	Bolivia
19°31′S 61°0′W	Paraguay
23°47′S 61°0′W	Argentina
38°59′S 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
51°47′S 61°0′W	Falkland Islands	Weddell Island and West Falkland — claimed by  Argentina
52°4′S 61°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 61°0′W	Southern Ocean
62°37′S 61°0′W	South Shetland Islands	Livingston Island — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
62°40′S 61°0′W	Southern Ocean	Passing just west of Trinity Island
64°3′S 61°0′W	Antarctica	Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
74°31′S 61°0′W	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea
75°8′S 61°0′W	Antarctica	Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

See also

• 60th meridian west
• 62nd meridian west