35th meridian west

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The meridian 35° 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.

Line across the Earth
35°
35th meridian west

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 35th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 35°0′W / 90.000°N 35.000°W / 90.000; -35.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°34′N 35°0′W / 83.567°N 35.000°W / 83.567; -35.000 (Greenland)   Greenland Gertrud Rask Land (Peary Land)
67°11′N 35°0′W / 67.183°N 35.000°W / 67.183; -35.000 (Greenland)   Greenland Crown Prince Frederick Range
66°17′N 35°0′W / 66.283°N 35.000°W / 66.283; -35.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
6°22′S 35°0′W / 6.367°S 35.000°W / -6.367; -35.000 (Brazil)   Brazil Rio Grande do Norte — for about 16 km
Paraíba — from 6°31′S 35°0′W / 6.517°S 35.000°W / -6.517; -35.000 (Paraíba), the easternmost part of South America
Pernambuco — from 7°28′S 35°0′W / 7.467°S 35.000°W / -7.467; -35.000 (Pernambuco), passing just west of Recife at 8°3′S 34°54′W / 8.050°S 34.900°W / -8.050; -34.900 (Recife)
8°31′S 35°0′W / 8.517°S 35.000°W / -8.517; -35.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Clerke Rocks,   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 55°1′S 34°43′W / 55.017°S 34.717°W / -55.017; -34.717 (Clerke Rocks))
60°0′S 35°0′W / 60.000°S 35.000°W / -60.000; -35.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Southern Ocean
77°34′S 35°0′W / 77.567°S 35.000°W / -77.567; -35.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both   Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and   United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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