43rd meridian west

43°
43rd meridian west

The meridian 43° 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 43rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 137th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 43rd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Lincoln Sea
 Greenland
J.P. Koch Fjord
 Greenland
Atlantic Ocean
 Brazil Maranhão
Piauí
Maranhão
Piauí
Bahia
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro - passing just east of the city of Rio de Janeiro
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Claimed by both  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also