The meridian 83° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica, Panama the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 83rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 97th meridian east.
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 |
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90°0′N 83°0′W / 90.000°N 83.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
82°17′N 83°0′W / 82.283°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Ellesmere Island |
76°25′N 83°0′W / 76.417°N 83.000°W | Jones Sound | |
75°45′N 83°0′W / 75.750°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Devon Island |
74°35′N 83°0′W / 74.583°N 83.000°W | Lancaster Sound | |
73°40′N 83°0′W / 73.667°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Baffin Island |
69°58′N 83°0′W / 69.967°N 83.000°W | Fury and Hecla Strait | |
69°46′N 83°0′W / 69.767°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Liddon Island, Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Winter Island |
66°12′N 83°0′W / 66.200°N 83.000°W | Foxe Basin | |
64°54′N 83°0′W / 64.900°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Southampton Island |
63°57′N 83°0′W / 63.950°N 83.000°W | Evans Strait | |
62°52′N 83°0′W / 62.867°N 83.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Coats Island |
62°13′N 83°0′W / 62.217°N 83.000°W | Hudson Bay | |
55°16′N 83°0′W / 55.267°N 83.000°W | Canada |
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45°49′N 83°0′W / 45.817°N 83.000°W | Lake Huron | |
44°3′N 83°0′W / 44.050°N 83.000°W | United States | Michigan — passing through Detroit (at 42°20′N 83°0′W / 42.333°N 83.000°W) |
42°19′N 83°0′W / 42.317°N 83.000°W | Canada | Ontario — passing through Windsor (42°18′N 83°0′W / 42.300°N 83.000°W) |
42°1′N 83°0′W / 42.017°N 83.000°W | Lake Erie | |
41°32′N 83°0′W / 41.533°N 83.000°W | United States | Ohio — passing through Columbus
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29°10′N 83°0′W / 29.167°N 83.000°W | Gulf of Mexico | Passing just west of the Dry Tortugas islands, Florida, United States (at 24°38′N 82°56′W / 24.633°N 82.933°W) |
23°1′N 83°0′W / 23.017°N 83.000°W | Cuba | |
22°31′N 83°0′W / 22.517°N 83.000°W | Caribbean Sea | Gulf of Batabanó |
21°56′N 83°0′W / 21.933°N 83.000°W | Cuba | Isla de la Juventud |
21°28′N 83°0′W / 21.467°N 83.000°W | Caribbean Sea | Passing through the Miskito Cays, Nicaragua (at 14°23′N 83°0′W / 14.383°N 83.000°W) Passing between the Corn Islands, Nicaragua (at 12°13′N 83°0′W / 12.217°N 83.000°W) |
9°55′N 83°0′W / 9.917°N 83.000°W | Costa Rica | |
8°22′N 83°0′W / 8.367°N 83.000°W | Panama | For about 8 km |
8°17′N 83°0′W / 8.283°N 83.000°W | Costa Rica | For about 4 km |
8°15′N 83°0′W / 8.250°N 83.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 83°0′W / 60.000°S 83.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
73°33′S 83°0′W / 73.550°S 83.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Chile |