83rd meridian west

The meridian 83° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America,^[1] the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica, Panama the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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83rd meridian west

The 83rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 97th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 83rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 83°0′W	Arctic Ocean
82°17′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
76°25′N 83°0′W	Jones Sound
75°45′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Devon Island
74°35′N 83°0′W	Lancaster Sound
73°40′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°58′N 83°0′W	Fury and Hecla Strait
69°46′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island
66°12′N 83°0′W	Foxe Basin
64°54′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°57′N 83°0′W	Evans Strait
62°52′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Coats Island
62°13′N 83°0′W	Hudson Bay
55°16′N 83°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — a small unnamed island Ontario — from 55°13′N 85°0′W, the mainland and Manitoulin Island
45°49′N 83°0′W	Lake Huron
44°3′N 83°0′W	United States	Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W)
42°19′N 83°0′W	Canada	Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W)
42°1′N 83°0′W	Lake Erie
41°32′N 83°0′W	United States	Ohio — passing through Columbus (at 39°57′N 83°0′W) Kentucky — from 38°43′N 83°0′W Virginia — from 36°51′N 83°0′W Tennessee — from 36°35′N 83°0′W North Carolina — from 35°46′N 83°0′W South Carolina — from 35°1′N 83°0′W Georgia — from 34°28′N 83°0′W Florida — from 30°37′N 83°0′W
29°10′N 83°0′W	Gulf of Mexico	Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida,  United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W)
23°1′N 83°0′W	Cuba
22°31′N 83°0′W	Caribbean Sea	Gulf of Batabanó
21°56′N 83°0′W	Cuba	Isla de la Juventud
21°28′N 83°0′W	Caribbean Sea	Passing through the Miskito Cays,  Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W) Passing between the Corn Islands,  Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W)
9°55′N 83°0′W	Costa Rica
8°22′N 83°0′W	Panama	For about 8 km
8°17′N 83°0′W	Costa Rica	For about 4 km
8°15′N 83°0′W	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 83°0′W	Southern Ocean
73°33′S 83°0′W	Antarctica	Territory claimed by  Chile

See also

• 82nd meridian west
• 84th meridian west