61st meridian west
# 61st meridian west

The meridian 61° 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 61st meridian west forms a great circle with the 119th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 61st meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 61.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -61.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean Passing just east of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 82°21′N 61°7′W﻿ / ﻿82.350°N 61.117°W﻿ / 82.350; -61.117﻿ (Ellesmere Island)) 83°26′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.433°N 61.000°W﻿ / 83.433; -61.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 81°50′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿81.833°N 61.000°W﻿ / 81.833; -61.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Hall Land 76°3′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.050°N 61.000°W﻿ / 76.050; -61.000﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°0′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.000°N 61.000°W﻿ / 70.000; -61.000﻿ (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Passing just east of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 66°37′N 61°15′W﻿ / ﻿66.617°N 61.250°W﻿ / 66.617; -61.250﻿ (Baffin Island)) 60°0′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 61.000°W﻿ / 60.000; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea 56°7′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿56.117°N 61.000°W﻿ / 56.117; -61.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°0′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.000°N 61.000°W﻿ / 52.000; -61.000﻿ (Quebec) 50°12′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿50.200°N 61.000°W﻿ / 50.200; -61.000﻿ (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 46°39′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿46.650°N 61.000°W﻿ / 46.650; -61.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame 45°30′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.500°N 61.000°W﻿ / 45.500; -61.000﻿ (Chedabucto Bay) Chedabucto Bay 45°20′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.333°N 61.000°W﻿ / 45.333; -61.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nova Scotia 45°16′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.267°N 61.000°W﻿ / 45.267; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of La Désirade, Guadeloupe, France (at 16°20′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿16.333°N 61.000°W﻿ / 16.333; -61.000﻿ (La Désirade)) Passing just east of the island of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe, France (at 15°56′N 61°11′W﻿ / ﻿15.933°N 61.183°W﻿ / 15.933; -61.183﻿ (Marie-Galante)) Passing just east of the island of Dominica (at 15°19′N 61°15′W﻿ / ﻿15.317°N 61.250°W﻿ / 15.317; -61.250﻿ (Dominica)) 14°48′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.800°N 61.000°W﻿ / 14.800; -61.000﻿ (France)  France Martinique 14°28′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.467°N 61.000°W﻿ / 14.467; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Saint Lucia Channel 14°1′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.017°N 61.000°W﻿ / 14.017; -61.000﻿ (St Lucia)  Saint Lucia 13°45′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.750°N 61.000°W﻿ / 13.750; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of St Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 13°17′N 61°7′W﻿ / ﻿13.283°N 61.117°W﻿ / 13.283; -61.117﻿ (St Vincent)) Passing just east of the island of Baliceaux, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°57′N 61°7′W﻿ / ﻿12.950°N 61.117°W﻿ / 12.950; -61.117﻿ (Baliceaux)) Passing just east of the island of Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (at 12°53′N 61°10′W﻿ / ﻿12.883°N 61.167°W﻿ / 12.883; -61.167﻿ (Mustique)) 10°50′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.833°N 61.000°W﻿ / 10.833; -61.000﻿ (Trinidad & Tobago)  Trinidad and Tobago Island of Trinidad 10°42′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.700°N 61.000°W﻿ / 10.700; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 10°21′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.350°N 61.000°W﻿ / 10.350; -61.000﻿ (Trinidad & Tobago)  Trinidad and Tobago Island of Trinidad 10°8′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.133°N 61.000°W﻿ / 10.133; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 9°33′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.550°N 61.000°W﻿ / 9.550; -61.000﻿ (Venezuela)  Venezuela 6°44′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.733°N 61.000°W﻿ / 6.733; -61.000﻿ (Guyana)  Guyana Territory claimed by Venezuela 5°31′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.517°N 61.000°W﻿ / 5.517; -61.000﻿ (Venezuela)  Venezuela 4°31′N 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.517°N 61.000°W﻿ / 4.517; -61.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Roraima Amazonas — from 0°33′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.550°S 61.000°W﻿ / -0.550; -61.000﻿ (Amazonas) Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.767°S 61.000°W﻿ / -8.767; -61.000﻿ (Mato Grosso) Rondônia — from 10°59′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.983°S 61.000°W﻿ / -10.983; -61.000﻿ (Rondônia) 13°32′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.533°S 61.000°W﻿ / -13.533; -61.000﻿ (Bolivia)  Bolivia 19°31′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.517°S 61.000°W﻿ / -19.517; -61.000﻿ (Paraguay)  Paraguay 23°47′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.783°S 61.000°W﻿ / -23.783; -61.000﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 38°59′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿38.983°S 61.000°W﻿ / -38.983; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 51°47′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿51.783°S 61.000°W﻿ / -51.783; -61.000﻿ (Falkland Islands)  Falkland Islands Weddell Island and West Falkland — claimed by Argentina 52°4′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.067°S 61.000°W﻿ / -52.067; -61.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 61.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -61.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 62°37′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.617°S 61.000°W﻿ / -62.617; -61.000﻿ (South Shetland Islands) South Shetland Islands Livingston Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom 62°40′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿62.667°S 61.000°W﻿ / -62.667; -61.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just west of Trinity Island 64°3′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.050°S 61.000°W﻿ / -64.050; -61.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom 74°31′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.517°S 61.000°W﻿ / -74.517; -61.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Weddell Sea 75°8′S 61°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.133°S 61.000°W﻿ / -75.133; -61.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
