From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 65th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 65°0′W / 90.000°N 65.000°W / 90.000; -65.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°18′N 65°0′W / 83.300°N 65.000°W / 83.300; -65.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°54′N 65°0′W / 82.900°N 65.000°W / 82.900; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 81°20′N 65°0′W / 81.333°N 65.000°W / 81.333; -65.000 (Nares Strait) Nares Strait 80°46′N 65°0′W / 80.767°N 65.000°W / 80.767; -65.000 (Greenland) Greenland 76°1′N 65°0′W / 76.017°N 65.000°W / 76.017; -65.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°0′N 65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 68°3′N 65°0′W / 68.050°N 65.000°W / 68.050; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 70°0′N 65°0′W / 70.000°N 65.000°W / 70.000; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Cumberland Sound 64°29′N 65°0′W / 64.483°N 65.000°W / 64.483; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Christopher Hall Island, the Leybourne Islands and Baffin Island 62°29′N 65°0′W / 62.483°N 65.000°W / 62.483; -65.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 61°52′N 65°0′W / 61.867°N 65.000°W / 61.867; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Nunavut — Edgell Island and Resolution Island 61°24′N 65°0′W / 61.400°N 65.000°W / 61.400; -65.000 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 60°10′N 65°0′W / 60.167°N 65.000°W / 60.167; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador, from 54°55′N 65°0′W / 54.917°N 65.000°W / 54.917; -65.000 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Quebec — from 51°45′N 65°0′W / 51.750°N 65.000°W / 51.750; -65.000 (Quebec)50°16′N 65°0′W / 50.267°N 65.000°W / 50.267; -65.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 49°13′N 65°0′W / 49.217°N 65.000°W / 49.217; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Quebec — Gaspé Peninsula 48°7′N 65°0′W / 48.117°N 65.000°W / 48.117; -65.000 (Chaleur Bay) Chaleur Bay 47°50′N 65°0′W / 47.833°N 65.000°W / 47.833; -65.000 (Canada) Canada New Brunswick 45°33′N 65°0′W / 45.550°N 65.000°W / 45.550; -65.000 (Bay of Fundy) Bay of Fundy 45°5′N 65°0′W / 45.083°N 65.000°W / 45.083; -65.000 (Canada) Canada Nova Scotia 43°46′N 65°0′W / 43.767°N 65.000°W / 43.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Bermuda (at 32°17′N 64°54′W / 32.283°N 64.900°W / 32.283; -64.900 (Bermuda)) 18°23′N 65°0′W / 18.383°N 65.000°W / 18.383; -65.000 (US Virgin Islands) United States Virgin Islands Island of Saint Thomas 18°21′N 65°0′W / 18.350°N 65.000°W / 18.350; -65.000 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands (at 17°41′N 64°54′W / 17.683°N 64.900°W / 17.683; -64.900 (Saint Croix))
Passing just east of La Tortuga Island, Venezuela (at 10°54′N 65°12′W / 10.900°N 65.200°W / 10.900; -65.200 (La Tortuga))10°4′N 65°0′W / 10.067°N 65.000°W / 10.067; -65.000 (Venezuela) Venezuela 1°11′N 65°0′W / 1.183°N 65.000°W / 1.183; -65.000 (Brazil) Brazil Amazonas
Rondônia — from 9°20′S 66°0′W / 9.333°S 66.000°W / -9.333; -66.000 (Rondônia)12°0′S 65°0′W / 12.000°S 65.000°W / -12.000; -65.000 (Bolivia) Bolivia 22°5′S 65°0′W / 22.083°S 65.000°W / -22.083; -65.000 (Argentina) Argentina 40°46′S 65°0′W / 40.767°S 65.000°W / -40.767; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean San Matías Gulf 42°7′S 65°0′W / 42.117°S 65.000°W / -42.117; -65.000 (Argentina) Argentina 43°16′S 65°0′W / 43.267°S 65.000°W / -43.267; -65.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing through the Le Maire Strait between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (at 54°39′S 65°6′W / 54.650°S 65.100°W / -54.650; -65.100 (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego)) and Isla de los Estados (at 54°50′S 64°45′W / 54.833°S 64.750°W / -54.833; -64.750 (Isla de los Estados)), Argentina 60°0′S 65°0′W / 60.000°S 65.000°W / -60.000; -65.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 65°55′S 65°0′W / 65.917°S 65.000°W / -65.917; -65.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom
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