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77th meridian west

The meridian 77° 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 77th meridian west forms a great circle with the 103rd meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 77th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 77°0′W / 90°N 77°W / 90; -77 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°1′N 77°0′W / 83.017°N 77°W / 83.017; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
77°54′N 77°0′W / 77.9°N 77°W / 77.9; -77 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
73°21′N 77°0′W / 73.35°N 77°W / 73.35; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Bylot Island and Baffin Island
69°36′N 77°0′W / 69.6°N 77°W / 69.6; -77 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
69°25′N 77°0′W / 69.417°N 77°W / 69.417; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Bray Island
69°9′N 77°0′W / 69.15°N 77°W / 69.15; -77 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
68°2′N 77°0′W / 68.033°N 77°W / 68.033; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince Charles Island
67°15′N 77°0′W / 67.25°N 77°W / 67.25; -77 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
65°24′N 77°0′W / 65.4°N 77°W / 65.4; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
64°15′N 77°0′W / 64.25°N 77°W / 64.25; -77 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait
63°40′N 77°0′W / 63.667°N 77°W / 63.667; -77 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Salisbury Island
63°25′N 77°0′W / 63.417°N 77°W / 63.417; -77 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait
62°32′N 77°0′W / 62.533°N 77°W / 62.533; -77 (Canada)  Canada Quebec
57°49′N 77°0′W / 57.817°N 77°W / 57.817; -77 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay
55°48′N 77°0′W / 55.8°N 77°W / 55.8; -77 (Canada)  Canada Quebec
Ontario
43°53′N 77°0′W / 43.883°N 77°W / 43.883; -77 (Lake Ontario) Lake Ontario
43°16′N 77°0′W / 43.267°N 77°W / 43.267; -77 (United States)  United States New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
34°40′N 77°0′W / 34.667°N 77°W / 34.667; -77 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
26°35′N 77°0′W / 26.583°N 77°W / 26.583; -77 (Bahamas)  Bahamas Man-O-War Cay and Great Abaco Island
26°19′N 77°0′W / 26.317°N 77°W / 26.317; -77 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Eleuthera,  Bahamas
Passing just east of the island of New Providence,  Bahamas
21°31′N 77°0′W / 21.517°N 77°W / 21.517; -77 (Cuba)  Cuba
19°53′N 77°0′W / 19.883°N 77°W / 19.883; -77 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea
18°24′N 77°0′W / 18.4°N 77°W / 18.4; -77 (Jamaica)  Jamaica
17°51′N 77°0′W / 17.85°N 77°W / 17.85; -77 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea
8°15′N 77°0′W / 8.25°N 77°W / 8.25; -77 (Colombia)  Colombia
0°18′N 77°0′W / 0.3°N 77°W / 0.3; -77 (Ecuador)  Ecuador
2°43′S 77°0′W / 2.717°S 77°W / -2.717; -77 (Peru)  Peru Passing just east of Lima
12°14′S 77°0′W / 12.233°S 77°W / -12.233; -77 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 77°0′W / 60°S 77°W / -60; -77 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
72°41′S 77°0′W / 72.683°S 77°W / -72.683; -77 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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