36th meridian west

The meridian 36° 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 36th meridian west forms a great circle with the 144th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 36th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -36°W
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 * 83.55°N, -36°W
 * 83.55°N, -36°W
 * Gertrud Rask Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.98333°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.98333°N, -36°W
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 * -5.05°N, -36°W
 * Rio Grande do Norte Paraíba — from -6.45°N, -36°W Pernambuco — from -7.81667°N, -36°W Alagoas — from -8.9°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -10°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -10°N, -36°W
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 * -54.56667°N, -36°W
 * Island of South Georgia
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -54.86667°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -54.86667°N, -36°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -36°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -36°W
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 * -77.95°N, -36°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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