41st meridian west

The meridian 41° 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 41st meridian west forms a great circle with the 139th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 41st meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -41°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -41°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.2°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.2°N, -41°W
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 * 83.16667°N, -41°W
 * 83.16667°N, -41°W
 * Nansen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.76667°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.76667°N, -41°W
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 * 82.65°N, -41°W
 * 82.65°N, -41°W
 * Freuchen Land
 * 63.8°N, -41°W
 * 63.8°N, -41°W
 * Odinland
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.35°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.35°N, -41°W
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 * -2.88333°N, -41°W
 * Ceará Piauí — from -5.35°N, -41°W Pernambuco — from -8.4°N, -41°W Bahia — from -8.76667°N, -41°W Minas Gerais — from -15.7°N, -41°W Espírito Santo — from -18.15°N, -41°W Minas Gerais — for about 18 km from -18.66667°N, -41°W Espírito Santo — from -18.81667°N, -41°W Minas Gerais — from -19.08333°N, -41°W Espírito Santo — from -19.5°N, -41°W Rio de Janeiro — from -21.26667°N, -41°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -21.4°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing close to the coast of Brazil, east of São João da Barra
 * -21.83333°N, -41°W
 * -21.83333°N, -41°W
 * Rio de Janeiro
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -22.01667°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -22.01667°N, -41°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -41°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -41°W
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 * -77.65°N, -41°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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