57th meridian west

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57th meridian west

The meridian 57° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 57th meridian west forms a great circle with the 123rd meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 57th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
Lincoln Sea
 Greenland Passing through the mainland and some islands
Baffin Bay
 Greenland
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
 Canada Mainland (Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador
Strait of Belle Isle
 Canada Island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Atlantic Ocean
 Suriname
 Guyana Area claimed by  Suriname
 Brazil Pará
Amazonas
Pará
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
 Paraguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
Río de la Plata
 Argentina
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula - claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
Southern Ocean Weddell Sea - passing just east of Vega Island and James Ross Island, Antarctica
Antarctica Snow Hill Island - claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
Southern Ocean Weddell Sea
Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

See also