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Line of longitude From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The meridian 47° 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 47th meridian west forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 47°0′W | Arctic Ocean | |
83°41′N 47°0′W | Lincoln Sea | |
82°55′N 47°0′W | Greenland | Elison Island |
82°52′N 47°0′W | Arctic Ocean | |
82°39′N 47°0′W | Greenland | Island of Nares Land |
82°23′N 47°0′W | Victoria Fjord | |
82°9′N 47°0′W | Greenland | Wulff Land |
60°45′N 47°0′W | Atlantic Ocean | |
0°45′S 47°0′W | Brazil | Pará Maranhão — from 3°32′S 47°0′W Tocantins — from 8°3′S 47°0′W Maranhão — for about 16 km from 8°55′S 47°0′W Tocantins — from 9°3′S 47°0′W Goiás — from 13°5′S 47°0′W Minas Gerais — from 15°56′S 47°0′W São Paulo — from 21°20′S 47°0′W, passing just east of Campinas at 22°54′S 47°3′W |
24°20′S 47°0′W | Atlantic Ocean | |
60°0′S 47°0′W | Southern Ocean | |
77°46′S 47°0′W | Antarctica | Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) |
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