The meridian 80° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, Panama, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.[1]
In Antarctica, the meridian defines the western limit of the British territorial claim and passes through the Chilean claim - the two claims overlap.
The 80th meridian west forms a great circle with the 100th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
editStarting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 80th meridian west passes through:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cross sections of temperature, pressure, and density near the 80th meridian west / by Orvel E. Smith, William M. McMurray, and Harold L. Crutcher. NASA technical note; NASA TN D-1641. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1963. hdl:2027/uiug.30112106874016. Retrieved 2022-07-07 – via HathiTrust.
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