59th meridian west

The meridian 59° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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59th meridian west

The 59th meridian west forms a great circle with the 121st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 59th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 59°0′W Arctic Ocean
83°30′N 59°0′W Lincoln Sea
82°4′N 59°0′W  Greenland Nyeboe Land
81°56′N 59°0′W Newman Bugt
81°52′N 59°0′W  Greenland Hall Land
75°42′N 59°0′W Baffin Bay
70°0′N 59°0′W Davis Strait
60°0′N 59°0′W Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
55°9′N 59°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
Quebec — from 52°0′N 59°0′W
50°46′N 59°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence
48°40′N 59°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Port au Port Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
48°31′N 59°0′W Bay St. George
48°8′N 59°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
47°35′N 59°0′W Atlantic Ocean
7°53′N 59°0′W  Guyana Territory claimed by  Venezuela
1°19′N 59°0′W  Brazil Roraima
Amazonas — from 0°14′N 59°0′W
Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 59°0′W
16°18′S 59°0′W  Bolivia
19°24′S 59°0′W  Paraguay
24°39′S 59°0′W  Argentina
38°40′S 59°0′W Atlantic Ocean
51°23′S 59°0′W  Falkland Islands Island of East Falkland — claimed by  Argentina
52°3′S 59°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 59°0′W Southern Ocean
62°12′S 59°0′W South Shetland Islands King George Island and Nelson Island — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
62°20′S 59°0′W Southern Ocean
63°40′S 59°0′W Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
64°57′S 59°0′W Southern Ocean Weddell Sea
75°29′S 59°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

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