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The '''meridian 65° west of [[Prime Meridian|Greenwich]]''' is a line of [[longitude]]<ref>{{cite web |title=What is longitude? |url=https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html |website=oceanservice.noaa.gov |access-date=30 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> that extends from the [[North Pole]] across the [[Arctic Ocean]], [[North America]], the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the [[Caribbean Sea]], [[South America]], the [[Southern Ocean]], and [[Antarctica]] to the [[South Pole]].

The 65th meridian west forms a [[great circle]] with the [[115th meridian east]].

==From Pole to Pole==
Starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the 65th meridian west passes through:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates
! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|83|18|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Lincoln Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Lincoln Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|82|54|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Nunavut]] — [[Ellesmere Island]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|81|20|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Nares Strait}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Nares Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|80|46|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Greenland}}
! scope="row" | {{GRL}}
|[[Washington Land]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|76|1|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Baffin Bay}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Baffin Bay]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|70|0|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Davis Strait}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Davis Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|68|3|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Nunavut]] — [[Baffin Island]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|70|0|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Davis Strait}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Davis Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Cumberland Sound]]
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|64|29|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Nunavut]] — [[Christopher Hall Island]], the [[Leybourne Islands]] and [[Baffin Island]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|62|29|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Davis Strait}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Davis Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|61|52|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Nunavut]] — [[Edgell Island]] and [[Resolution Island (Nunavut)|Resolution Island]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|61|24|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Hudson Strait}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Hudson Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|60|10|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Quebec]]<br/> [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] — [[Labrador]], from {{Coord|54|55|N|65|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Newfoundland and Labrador}}<br/> Quebec — from {{Coord|51|45|N|65|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Quebec}}
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|16|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Gulf of Saint Lawrence}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|49|13|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Quebec]] — [[Gaspé Peninsula]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|48|7|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chaleur Bay}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chaleur Bay]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|47|50|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[New Brunswick]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|45|33|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Bay of Fundy}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Bay of Fundy]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| {{Coord|45|5|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
! scope="row" | {{CAN}}
| [[Nova Scotia]]
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|43|46|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of {{BMU}} (at {{Coord|32|17|N|64|54|W|type:isle|name=Bermuda}})
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|18|23|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=US Virgin Islands}}
! scope="row" | {{VIR}}
| Island of [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]]
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|18|21|N|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Caribbean Sea}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Caribbean Sea]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Croix]], {{VIR}} (at {{Coord|17|41|N|64|54|W|type:isle|name=Saint Croix}})<br/> Passing just east of [[La Tortuga Island]], {{VEN}} (at {{Coord|10|54|N|65|12|W|type:isle|name=La Tortuga}})
|-
| {{Coord|10|4|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Venezuela}}
! scope="row" | {{VEN}}
|
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|1|11|N|65|0|W|type:country|name=Brazil}}
! scope="row" | {{BRA}}
| [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]]<br/> [[Rondônia]] — from {{Coord|9|20|S|66|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Rondônia}}
|-
| {{Coord|12|0|S|65|0|W|type:country|name=Bolivia}}
! scope="row" | {{BOL}}
|
|-
| {{Coord|22|5|S|65|0|W|type:country|name=Argentina}}
! scope="row" | {{ARG}}
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|40|46|S|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[San Matías Gulf]]
|-
| {{Coord|42|7|S|65|0|W|type:country|name=Argentina}}
! scope="row" | {{ARG}}
|
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|43|16|S|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the [[Le Maire Strait]] between [[Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego]] (at {{Coord|54|39|S|65|6|W|type:adm1st|name=Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego}}) and [[Isla de los Estados]] (at {{Coord|54|50|S|64|45|W|type:adm1st|name=Isla de los Estados}}), {{ARG}}
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|65|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|65|55|S|65|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}
! scope="row" | [[Antarctica]]
| Territory [[List of Antarctic territorial claims|claimed]] by {{ARG}}, {{CHI}} and the {{UK}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[64th meridian west]]
*[[66th meridian west]]

==References==
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