47th meridian west

The meridian 47° 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 47th meridian west forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.68333°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.68333°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 82.91667°N, -47°W
 * 82.91667°N, -47°W
 * Elison Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.86667°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.86667°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 82.65°N, -47°W
 * 82.65°N, -47°W
 * Island of Nares Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.38333°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.38333°N, -47°W
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 * 82.15°N, -47°W
 * 82.15°N, -47°W
 * Wulff Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60.75°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60.75°N, -47°W
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 * -0.75°N, -47°W
 * Pará Maranhão — from -3.53333°N, -47°W Tocantins — from -8.05°N, -47°W Maranhão — for about 16 km from -8.91667°N, -47°W Tocantins — from -9.05°N, -47°W Goiás — from -13.08333°N, -47°W Minas Gerais — from -15.93333°N, -47°W São Paulo — from -21.33333°N, -47°W, passing just east of Campinas at -22.9°N, -47.05°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -24.33333°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -24.33333°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -47°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -47°W
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 * -77.76667°N, -47°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
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