42nd meridian west

The meridian 42° 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 42nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 138th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 42nd meridian west passes through:


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! 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" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | J.P. Koch Fjord / Navarana Fjord ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇧🇷 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean ! scope="row" | Antarctica
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -42°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -42°W
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 * 83.21667°N, -42°W
 * 83.21667°N, -42°W
 * Nansen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.85°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.85°N, -42°W
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 * 82.66667°N, -42°W
 * 82.66667°N, -42°W
 * Freuchen Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62.71667°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62.71667°N, -42°W
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 * -2.71667°N, -42°W
 * Maranhão Piauí — from -3.23333°N, -42°W Bahia — from -9.21667°N, -42°W Minas Gerais — from -15.15°N, -42°W Rio de Janeiro — from -20.93333°N, -42°W, the mainland and Ilha do Cabo Frio
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -23.01667°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the Shag Rocks, 🇬🇸 (at -53.51667°N, -42.01667°W) Passing just west of Black Rock, 🇬🇸 (at -53.65°N, -41.81667°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -42°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -42°W
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 * -77.66667°N, -42°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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