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59th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

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.

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:

:{| 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" |

Hall Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | | Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Newfoundland and Labrador — Port au Port Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
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| ! scope="row" |

Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
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-

| ! scope="row" | | Territory claimed by |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Roraima Amazonas — from Mato Grosso — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Island of East Falkland — claimed by
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-
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | South Shetland Islands

King George Island and Nelson Island — claimed by , and
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-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by , and
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-valign="top"

| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by , and
}

References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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