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55th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 55° 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.

The 55th meridian west forms a great circle with the 125th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 55th meridian west passes through:

:{| 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" |

Nyeboe Land
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-

| ! scope="row" |

Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
An unnamed part of the Ocean
Notre Dame Bay
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" |

Newfoundland and Labrador — the Exploits Islands and the island of Newfoundland
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" |

Newfoundland and Labrador — Burin Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-

| ! scope="row" | | Passing just east of Paramaribo |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Pará Mato Grosso — from Mato Grosso do Sul — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

Rio Grande do Sul

| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | South Shetland Islands

Elephant Island — claimed by , and
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by , and
}

References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. "GeoHack - 55th meridian west". Wikimedia Toolforge.
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