63rd meridian west

The meridian 63° 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.

Line across the Earth
63°
63rd meridian west

The 63rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 117th meridian east.

In the Canadian province of Quebec, the 63rd meridian is used as a time zone boundary, with all land to its west falling within the Eastern Time Zone and all land to its east in the Atlantic Time Zone (never used DST).

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 63rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 63°0′W Arctic Ocean
83°22′N 63°0′W Lincoln Sea
82°35′N 63°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
81°54′N 63°0′W Nares Strait
81°12′N 63°0′W  Greenland Daugaard-Jensen Land
76°20′N 63°0′W Baffin Bay
70°0′N 63°0′W Davis Strait
67°17′N 63°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
65°35′N 63°0′W Davis Strait
65°18′N 63°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Muingmak Island
65°16′N 63°0′W Davis Strait
60°0′N 63°0′W Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
58°53′N 63°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 63°0′W
50°18′N 63°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence Jacques Cartier Strait
49°44′N 63°0′W  Canada Quebec — Anticosti Island
49°12′N 63°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence
46°25′N 63°0′W  Canada Prince Edward Island
46°10′N 63°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence Hillsborough Bay
46°4′N 63°0′W  Canada Prince Edward Island
46°3′N 63°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait
45°47′N 63°0′W  Canada Nova Scotia
44°42′N 63°0′W Atlantic Ocean
18°16′N 63°0′W  Anguilla
18°14′N 63°0′W Caribbean Sea Passing between Saint Martin (at 18°7′N 63°1′W) and Île Tintamarre (at 18°7′N 62°59′W),  Saint Martin
Passing just east of  Sint Maarten (at 18°3′N 63°1′W)
Passing just west of  Saint Barthélemy (at 18°3′N 63°1′W)
17°32′N 63°0′W  Netherlands Island of Sint Eustatius
17°30′N 63°0′W Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Saint Kitts,  Saint Kitts and Nevis (at 17°22′N 62°52′W)
Passing just east of the Los Testigos Islands,  Venezuela (at 11°22′N 63°4′W)
10°43′N 63°0′W  Venezuela
3°37′N 63°0′W  Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 2°1′N 63°0′W
Rondônia — from 7°59′S 63°0′W
12°51′S 63°0′W  Bolivia
22°0′S 63°0′W  Argentina
41°7′S 63°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 63°0′W Southern Ocean Passing just west of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom (at 63°5′S 62°44′W)
64°32′S 63°0′W Antarctica Anvers Island — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
64°36′S 63°0′W Southern Ocean
64°47′S 63°0′W Antarctica Claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

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