The meridian 84° 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, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 84th meridian west forms a great circle with the 96th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 84th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 84°0′W / 90.000°N 84.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
82°22′N 84°0′W / 82.367°N 84.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Ellesmere Island and Landslip Island |
76°25′N 84°0′W / 76.417°N 84.000°W | Jones Sound | |
75°49′N 84°0′W / 75.817°N 84.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Devon Island |
74°32′N 84°0′W / 74.533°N 84.000°W | Lancaster Sound | |
73°31′N 84°0′W / 73.517°N 84.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Baffin Island |
69°59′N 84°0′W / 69.983°N 84.000°W | Fury and Hecla Strait | |
69°46′N 84°0′W / 69.767°N 84.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland) and Vansittart Island |
65°45′N 84°0′W / 65.750°N 84.000°W | Foxe Basin | |
65°11′N 84°0′W / 65.183°N 84.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Southampton Island |
63°39′N 84°0′W / 63.650°N 84.000°W | Fisher Strait | |
62°30′N 84°0′W / 62.500°N 84.000°W | Hudson Bay | Passing just west of Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 62°26′N 83°57′W / 62.433°N 83.950°W) |
55°16′N 84°0′W / 55.267°N 84.000°W | Canada | Ontario — mainland and St. Joseph Island |
46°6′N 84°0′W / 46.100°N 84.000°W | United States | Michigan |
45°57′N 84°0′W / 45.950°N 84.000°W | Lake Huron | |
45°29′N 84°0′W / 45.483°N 84.000°W | United States | Michigan Ohio — from 41°43′N 84°0′W / 41.717°N 84.000°W Kentucky — from 38°47′N 84°0′W / 38.783°N 84.000°W Tennessee — from 36°35′N 84°0′W / 36.583°N 84.000°W North Carolina — from 35°26′N 84°0′W / 35.433°N 84.000°W Georgia — from 35°0′N 84°0′W / 35.000°N 84.000°W Florida — from 30°40′N 84°0′W / 30.667°N 84.000°W |
30°5′N 84°0′W / 30.083°N 84.000°W | Gulf of Mexico | |
22°41′N 84°0′W / 22.683°N 84.000°W | Cuba | |
21°59′N 84°0′W / 21.983°N 84.000°W | Caribbean Sea | Passing just west of the Swan Islands, Honduras (at 17°25′N 83°57′W / 17.417°N 83.950°W) |
15°33′N 84°0′W / 15.550°N 84.000°W | Honduras | |
14°45′N 84°0′W / 14.750°N 84.000°W | Nicaragua | |
10°45′N 84°0′W / 10.750°N 84.000°W | Costa Rica | Passing just east of San José (at 9°55′N 84°4′W / 9.917°N 84.067°W) |
9°20′N 84°0′W / 9.333°N 84.000°W | Pacific Ocean | Passing just west of Isla del Caño, Costa Rica (at 8°43′N 83°54′W / 8.717°N 83.900°W) |
60°0′S 84°0′W / 60.000°S 84.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
73°32′S 84°0′W / 73.533°S 84.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Chile |