The meridian 72° 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, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 72nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 108th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 72nd meridian west passes through:

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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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| Nunavut – Ellesmere Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Nares Strait
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|Inglefield Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay
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| Kiatak (Northumberland Island)
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| Nunavut – Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Strait
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| Nunavut – Wales Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Strait
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| Quebec – passing just west of Sherbrooke
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| Vermont New Hampshire – from  Massachusetts – from  Connecticut – from  
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" |Atlantic Ocean
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|New York – Fishers Island 
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| New York – Long Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Island of North Caicos
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| For about 1 km
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea
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| Passing through Lake Maracaibo
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| Amazonas Acre – from 
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| Passing just west of Cusco at 
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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| For about 6 km
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| For about 14 km
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| For about 12 km
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| For about 3 km
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| Mainland, Riesco Island and Brunswick Peninsula (mainland)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Straits of Magellan
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| Clarence Island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and London Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Alexander Island and mainland – claimed by  (Argentine Antarctica),  (Antártica Chilena Province) and  (British Antarctic Territory)
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See also
71st meridian west
73rd meridian west

w072 meridian west
서경 72도(西經72度)는 본초 자오선에서 서쪽으로 72도 떨어진 경선이다. 북극점에서 시작하여 북극해, 그린란드, 북아메리카, 대서양, 남아메리카, 태평양, 남극해, 남극을 거쳐 남극점에 이른다.

서경 72도는 동경 108도와 이어져 지구의 둘레를 이룬다.

지나가는 지역 
북극점에서 남극점까지 서경 72도선은 다음 지역을 지나간다.

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| 누나부트 준주 – 엘즈미어섬
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| 키아타크(노섬벌랜드섬)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 배핀만
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| 누나부트 준주 – 배핀섬, 실렘섬, 배핀섬
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 허드슨 해협
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| 누나부트 준주 – 웨일스섬
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 허드슨 해협
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| 퀘벡주
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| 버몬트주 뉴햄프셔주 – 부터 매사추세츠주 – 부터 코네티컷주 – 부터 뉴욕주 – 부터, 피셔스섬
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 대서양
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 블럭아일랜드만
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| 뉴욕주 – 롱아일랜드
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| 북케이커스섬
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 대서양
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| 약 1 km
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 카리브해
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| 마라카이보호를 통과함
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| 아마조나스주 아크리주 – 부터
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 태평양
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| 약 6 km
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 태평양
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| 약 14 km
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| 약 12 km
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| 약 3 km
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| 본토, 리에스코섬, 번즈윅반도(본토)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 마젤란 해협
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! scope="row" | 
| 클라렌스섬, 티에라델푸에고섬, 런던섬
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 태평양
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 남극해
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! scope="row" | 남극
| 알렉산더섬과 본토 – (아르헨티나령 남극), (안타르티카칠레나현), (영국령 남극 지역)이 영유권을 주장함.
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