The meridian 60° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude 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.
The mean solar time of this meridian is the base for the Atlantic Time Zone (UTC-4 during standard time).
The 60th meridian west forms a great circle with the 120th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 60th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 60°0′W / 90.000°N 60.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
83°28′N 60°0′W / 83.467°N 60.000°W | Lincoln Sea | |
81°56′N 60°0′W / 81.933°N 60.000°W | Greenland | Hall Land |
75°56′N 60°0′W / 75.933°N 60.000°W | Baffin Bay | |
70°0′N 60°0′W / 70.000°N 60.000°W | Davis Strait | |
60°0′N 60°0′W / 60.000°N 60.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | Labrador Sea |
55°24′N 60°0′W / 55.400°N 60.000°W | Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°0′N 60°0′W / 52.000°N 60.000°W |
50°14′N 60°0′W / 50.233°N 60.000°W | Gulf of Saint Lawrence | Passing just east of St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (at 47°13′N 60°8′W / 47.217°N 60.133°W) |
47°14′N 60°0′W / 47.233°N 60.000°W | Cabot Strait | |
46°13′N 60°0′W / 46.217°N 60.000°W | Canada | Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island |
45°53′N 60°0′W / 45.883°N 60.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
43°57′N 60°0′W / 43.950°N 60.000°W | Canada | Nova Scotia — Sable Island |
43°56′N 60°0′W / 43.933°N 60.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
8°33′N 60°0′W / 8.550°N 60.000°W | Venezuela | |
8°6′N 60°0′W / 8.100°N 60.000°W | Guyana | Territory claimed by Venezuela |
5°5′N 60°0′W / 5.083°N 60.000°W | Brazil | Roraima — for about 18 km |
4°55′N 60°0′W / 4.917°N 60.000°W | Guyana | Territory claimed by Venezuela |
4°30′N 60°0′W / 4.500°N 60.000°W | Brazil | Roraima Amazonas — from 0°14′N 60°0′W / 0.233°N 60.000°W, passing just east of Manaus at 3°6′S 60°1′W / 3.100°S 60.017°W Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 60°0′W / 8.767°S 60.000°W Rondônia — from 11°8′S 60°0′W / 11.133°S 60.000°W Mato Grosso — from 11°28′S 60°0′W / 11.467°S 60.000°W Rondônia — from 11°50′S 60°0′W / 11.833°S 60.000°W Mato Grosso — from 12°41′S 60°0′W / 12.683°S 60.000°W |
16°16′S 60°0′W / 16.267°S 60.000°W | Bolivia | |
19°18′S 60°0′W / 19.300°S 60.000°W | Paraguay | |
24°2′S 60°0′W / 24.033°S 60.000°W | Argentina | |
38°51′S 60°0′W / 38.850°S 60.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
51°18′S 60°0′W / 51.300°S 60.000°W | Falkland Islands | Islands of Keppel and West Falkland — claimed by Argentina |
52°0′S 60°0′W / 52.000°S 60.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
60°0′S 60°0′W / 60.000°S 60.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
62°27′S 60°0′W / 62.450°S 60.000°W | South Shetland Islands | Greenwich Island and Livingston Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |
62°40′S 60°0′W / 62.667°S 60.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
63°51′S 60°0′W / 63.850°S 60.000°W | Antarctica | Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |
65°50′S 60°0′W / 65.833°S 60.000°W | Southern Ocean | Weddell Sea |
68°5′S 60°0′W / 68.083°S 60.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |
69°1′S 60°0′W / 69.017°S 60.000°W | Southern Ocean | Weddell Sea |
72°49′S 60°0′W / 72.817°S 60.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |
73°17′S 60°0′W / 73.283°S 60.000°W | Southern Ocean | Weddell Sea |
75°19′S 60°0′W / 75.317°S 60.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom |