title: 81st meridian west
text: # 81st meridian west
  
  The meridian 81° 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, the Pacific Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
  
  The 81st meridian west forms a great circle with the 99th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 81st meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 81.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -81.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°49′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.817°N 81.000°W﻿ / 82.817; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island 76°8′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.133°N 81.000°W﻿ / 76.133; -81.000﻿ (Jones Sound) Jones Sound 75°37′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.617°N 81.000°W﻿ / 75.617; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island 76°8′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.133°N 81.000°W﻿ / 76.133; -81.000﻿ (Lancaster Sound) Lancaster Sound 73°45′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.750°N 81.000°W﻿ / 73.750; -81.000﻿ (Navy Board Inlet) Navy Board Inlet Passing just west of Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 73°36′N 80°53′W﻿ / ﻿73.600°N 80.883°W﻿ / 73.600; -80.883﻿ (Bylot Island)) 73°13′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.217°N 81.000°W﻿ / 73.217; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island 69°45′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.750°N 81.000°W﻿ / 69.750; -81.000﻿ (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin Passing just east of the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°5′N 81°13′W﻿ / ﻿69.083°N 81.217°W﻿ / 69.083; -81.217﻿ (Melville Peninsula)) 65°30′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.500°N 81.000°W﻿ / 65.500; -81.000﻿ (Foxe Channel) Foxe Channel 63°59′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.983°N 81.000°W﻿ / 63.983; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island 63°26′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿63.433°N 81.000°W﻿ / 63.433; -81.000﻿ (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 54°50′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.833°N 81.000°W﻿ / 54.833; -81.000﻿ (James Bay) James Bay 56°7′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿56.117°N 81.000°W﻿ / 56.117; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Akimiski Island 52°44′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.733°N 81.000°W﻿ / 52.733; -81.000﻿ (James Bay) James Bay 52°1′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.017°N 81.000°W﻿ / 52.017; -81.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario — passing through Georgian Bay, Lake Huron 42°39′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿42.650°N 81.000°W﻿ / 42.650; -81.000﻿ (Lake Erie) Lake Erie 41°51′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.850°N 81.000°W﻿ / 41.850; -81.000﻿ (United States)  United States Ohio West Virginia — from 39°34′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.567°N 81.000°W﻿ / 39.567; -81.000﻿ (West Virginia) Virginia — from 37°18′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿37.300°N 81.000°W﻿ / 37.300; -81.000﻿ (Virginia) North Carolina — from 36°33′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿36.550°N 81.000°W﻿ / 36.550; -81.000﻿ (North Carolina) South Carolina — from 35°4′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿35.067°N 81.000°W﻿ / 35.067; -81.000﻿ (South Carolina), passing through Columbia (at 34°0′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿34.000°N 81.000°W﻿ / 34.000; -81.000﻿ (Columbia)) Georgia — from 32°5′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿32.083°N 81.000°W﻿ / 32.083; -81.000﻿ (Georgia) 31°51′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿31.850°N 81.000°W﻿ / 31.850; -81.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 29°12′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿29.200°N 81.000°W﻿ / 29.200; -81.000﻿ (United States)  United States Florida 25°7′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿25.117°N 81.000°W﻿ / 25.117; -81.000﻿ (Florida Bay) Florida Bay 24°44′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿24.733°N 81.000°W﻿ / 24.733; -81.000﻿ (United States)  United States Florida — Key Vaca 24°43′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿24.717°N 81.000°W﻿ / 24.717; -81.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida 23°6′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.100°N 81.000°W﻿ / 23.100; -81.000﻿ (Cuba)  Cuba 22°3′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.050°N 81.000°W﻿ / 22.050; -81.000﻿ (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just east of the island of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (at 19°20′N 81°5′W﻿ / ﻿19.333°N 81.083°W﻿ / 19.333; -81.083﻿ (Grand Cayman)) 8°50′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.833°N 81.000°W﻿ / 8.833; -81.000﻿ (Panama)  Panama Near Santiago in Veraguas. 7°37′N 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.617°N 81.000°W﻿ / 7.617; -81.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 2°11′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿2.183°S 81.000°W﻿ / -2.183; -81.000﻿ (Ecuador)  Ecuador For about 1 km near the city of Salinas 2°12′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿2.200°S 81.000°W﻿ / -2.200; -81.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Guayaquil 4°1′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.017°S 81.000°W﻿ / -4.017; -81.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 5°23′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.383°S 81.000°W﻿ / -5.383; -81.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 5°50′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.833°S 81.000°W﻿ / -5.833; -81.000﻿ (Peru)  Peru 6°8′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.133°S 81.000°W﻿ / -6.133; -81.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Alejandro Selkirk Island, Chile (at 33°44′S 80°47′W﻿ / ﻿33.733°S 80.783°W﻿ / -33.733; -80.783﻿ (Alejandro Selkirk Island)) 60°0′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 81.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -81.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 73°16′S 81°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.267°S 81.000°W﻿ / -73.267; -81.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Chile
  