50th meridian west

The meridian 50° 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 50th meridian west forms a great circle with the 130th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 50th meridian west passes through:


 * {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! 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;" | Lincoln Sea ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sherard Osborn Fjord ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! 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, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 83.66667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 82.8°N, -50°W
 * 82.8°N, -50°W
 * Beaumont Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.76667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.76667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 82.51667°N, -50°W
 * 82.51667°N, -50°W
 * Wulff Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.01667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.01667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 81.88333°N, -50°W
 * 81.88333°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62.3°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62.3°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 62.3°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 1.7°N, -50°W
 * 1.7°N, -50°W
 * Amapá — mainland and the island of Bailique
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 0.93333°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 0.93333°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mouth of the Amazon River
 * -valign="top"
 * 0.3°N, -50°W
 * Pará — islands of Caviana and Marajó, and the mainland Tocantins — from -9.25°N, -50°W Goiás — from -13.05°N, -50°W Minas Gerais — from -18.6°N, -50°W São Paulo — from -19.93333°N, -50°W Paraná — from -22.91667°N, -50°W Santa Catarina — from -26.01667°N, -50°W Rio Grande do Sul — from -28.45°N, -50°W Santa Catarina — for about 11 km from -29.13333°N, -50°W Rio Grande do Sul — from -29.21667°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -29.73333°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -29.73333°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -50°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * -valign="top"
 * -77.2°N, -50°W
 * Claimed by both 🇦🇷 (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
 * }
 * }