36th meridian west

The meridian 36° 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.

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36th meridian west

The 36th meridian west forms a great circle with the 144th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 36th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 36°0′W	Arctic Ocean
83°33′N 36°0′W	Greenland	Gertrud Rask Land
65°59′N 36°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
5°3′S 36°0′W	Brazil	Rio Grande do Norte Paraíba — from 6°27′S 36°0′W Pernambuco — from 7°49′S 36°0′W Alagoas — from 8°54′S 36°0′W
10°0′S 36°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
54°34′S 36°0′W	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Island of South Georgia
54°52′S 36°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 36°0′W	Southern Ocean
77°57′S 36°0′W	Antarctica	Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

• 35th meridian west
• 37th meridian west