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49th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 49° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 49th meridian west forms a great circle with the 131st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 49th meridian west passes through:

:* DD Coordinates: 90.0 -49.0 :* DMS Coordinates: 90°00'0.00" N -49°00'0.00" W :* Geohash Coordinates: fzvpu :* UTM Coordinates: 22Z 500000 9997964.9432367 :{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea |- | ! scope="row" |

Wulff Land
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- valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | | Pará — Marajó island and the mainland Tocantins — from Goiás — from Minas Gerais — from São Paulo — from Paraná — from Santa Catarina — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Claimed by both (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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