46th meridian west

The meridian 46° 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 46th meridian west forms a great circle with the 134th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 46th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -46°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.68333°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.68333°N, -46°W
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 * 83.1°N, -46°W
 * 83.1°N, -46°W
 * Sverdrup Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.85°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.85°N, -46°W
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 * 82.63333°N, -46°W
 * 82.63333°N, -46°W
 * Island of Nares Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.25°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.25°N, -46°W
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 * 81.98333°N, -46°W
 * 81.98333°N, -46°W
 * Wulff Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60.55°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60.55°N, -46°W
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 * -1.11667°N, -46°W
 * Maranhão Tocantins — from -10.3°N, -46°W Bahia — from -10.53333°N, -46°W Goiás — from -14.3°N, -46°W Bahia — for about 16 km from -14.8°N, -46°W Minas Gerais — for about 9 km from -14.95°N, -46°W Bahia — for about 9 km from -15.03333°N, -46°W Minas Gerais — from -15.2°N, -46°W São Paulo — from -22.86667°N, -46°W, passing just west of São José dos Campos at -23.18333°N, -45.86667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -23.8°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -23.8°N, -46°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -46°W
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 * -60.56667°N, -46°W
 * Coronation Island — claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Tierra del Fuego Province) and (British Antarctic Territory)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60.63333°N, -46°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60.63333°N, -46°W
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 * -77.93333°N, -46°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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