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The meridian 72° 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 72nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 108th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 72nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 72°0′W / 90°N 72°W / 90; -72 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
83°6′N 72°0′W / 83.1°N 72°W / 83.1; -72 (Canada)	Canada	Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
79°41′N 72°0′W / 79.683°N 72°W / 79.683; -72 (Nares Strait)	Nares Strait
78°33′N 72°0′W / 78.55°N 72°W / 78.55; -72 (Greenland)	Greenland
77°54′N 72°0′W / 77.9°N 72°W / 77.9; -72 (Baffin Bay)	Baffin Bay
77°26′N 72°0′W / 77.433°N 72°W / 77.433; -72 (Greenland)	Greenland	Northumberland Island
77°18′N 72°0′W / 77.3°N 72°W / 77.3; -72 (Baffin Bay)	Baffin Bay
71°34′N 72°0′W / 71.567°N 72°W / 71.567; -72 (Canada)	Canada	Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again, Nunavut
63°23′N 72°0′W / 63.383°N 72°W / 63.383; -72 (Hudson Strait)	Hudson Strait
61°52′N 72°0′W / 61.867°N 72°W / 61.867; -72 (Canada)	Canada	Wales Island, Nunavut
61°51′N 72°0′W / 61.85°N 72°W / 61.85; -72 (Hudson Strait)	Hudson Strait
61°41′N 72°0′W / 61.683°N 72°W / 61.683; -72 (Canada)	Canada	Quebec
45°0′N 72°0′W / 45°N 72°W / 45; -72 (United States)	United States	Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Fishers Island, New York
41°15′N 72°0′W / 41.25°N 72°W / 41.25; -72 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Block Island Sound
41°3′N 72°0′W / 41.05°N 72°W / 41.05; -72 (United States)	United States	Long Island, New York
41°1′N 72°0′W / 41.017°N 72°W / 41.017; -72 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
21°58′N 72°0′W / 21.967°N 72°W / 21.967; -72 (Turks & Caicos Islands)	Turks and Caicos Islands	Island of North Caicos
21°54′N 72°0′W / 21.9°N 72°W / 21.9; -72 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
19°42′N 72°0′W / 19.7°N 72°W / 19.7; -72 (Haiti)	Haiti
18°38′N 72°0′W / 18.633°N 72°W / 18.633; -72 (Dominican Republic)	Dominican Republic	For about 1 km
18°37′N 72°0′W / 18.617°N 72°W / 18.617; -72 (Haiti)	Haiti
18°12′N 72°0′W / 18.2°N 72°W / 18.2; -72 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea
12°15′N 72°0′W / 12.25°N 72°W / 12.25; -72 (Colombia)	Colombia
11°35′N 72°0′W / 11.583°N 72°W / 11.583; -72 (Venezuela)	Venezuela	Passing through Lake Maracaibo
7°1′N 72°0′W / 7.017°N 72°W / 7.017; -72 (Colombia)	Colombia
2°21′S 72°0′W / 2.35°S 72°W / -2.35; -72 (Peru)	Peru
4°38′S 72°0′W / 4.633°S 72°W / -4.633; -72 (Brazil)	Brazil	Amazonas Acre
10°0′S 72°0′W / 10°S 72°W / -10; -72 (Peru)	Peru
17°2′S 72°0′W / 17.033°S 72°W / -17.033; -72 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
34°7′S 72°0′W / 34.117°S 72°W / -34.117; -72 (Chile)	Chile	For about 6 km
34°11′S 72°0′W / 34.183°S 72°W / -34.183; -72 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
34°22′S 72°0′W / 34.367°S 72°W / -34.367; -72 (Chile)	Chile
42°9′S 72°0′W / 42.15°S 72°W / -42.15; -72 (Argentina)	Argentina
43°2′S 72°0′W / 43.033°S 72°W / -43.033; -72 (Chile)	Chile
44°46′S 72°0′W / 44.767°S 72°W / -44.767; -72 (Argentina)	Argentina	For about 14 km
44°54′S 72°0′W / 44.9°S 72°W / -44.9; -72 (Chile)	Chile
47°19′S 72°0′W / 47.317°S 72°W / -47.317; -72 (Argentina)	Argentina
51°49′S 72°0′W / 51.817°S 72°W / -51.817; -72 (Chile)	Chile	For about 12 km
51°56′S 72°0′W / 51.933°S 72°W / -51.933; -72 (Argentina)	Argentina	For about 3 km
51°58′S 72°0′W / 51.967°S 72°W / -51.967; -72 (Chile)	Chile	Mainland, Riesco Island and Brunswick Peninsula (mainland)
53°42′S 72°0′W / 53.7°S 72°W / -53.7; -72 (Straits of Magellan)	Straits of Magellan
53°54′S 72°0′W / 53.9°S 72°W / -53.9; -72 (Chile)	Chile	Clarence Island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and London Island
54°43′S 72°0′W / 54.717°S 72°W / -54.717; -72 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 72°0′W / 60°S 72°W / -60; -72 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
69°2′S 72°0′W / 69.033°S 72°W / -69.033; -72 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Alexander Island and mainland - claimed by Argentina (Argentine Antarctica), Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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