59th meridian west

59°

59th meridian west

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

The meridian 59° 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 59th meridian west forms a great circle with the 121st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 59th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 59°0′W / 90.000°N 59.000°W / 90.000; -59.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
83°30′N 59°0′W / 83.500°N 59.000°W / 83.500; -59.000 (Lincoln Sea)	Lincoln Sea
82°4′N 59°0′W / 82.067°N 59.000°W / 82.067; -59.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Nyeboe Land
81°56′N 59°0′W / 81.933°N 59.000°W / 81.933; -59.000 (Newman Bugt)	Newman Bugt
81°52′N 59°0′W / 81.867°N 59.000°W / 81.867; -59.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Hall Land
75°42′N 59°0′W / 75.700°N 59.000°W / 75.700; -59.000 (Baffin Bay)	Baffin Bay
70°0′N 59°0′W / 70.000°N 59.000°W / 70.000; -59.000 (Davis Strait)	Davis Strait
60°0′N 59°0′W / 60.000°N 59.000°W / 60.000; -59.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Labrador Sea
55°9′N 59°0′W / 55.150°N 59.000°W / 55.150; -59.000 (Canada)	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from 52°0′N 59°0′W / 52.000°N 59.000°W / 52.000; -59.000 (Quebec)
50°46′N 59°0′W / 50.767°N 59.000°W / 50.767; -59.000 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
48°40′N 59°0′W / 48.667°N 59.000°W / 48.667; -59.000 (Canada)	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Port au Port Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
48°31′N 59°0′W / 48.517°N 59.000°W / 48.517; -59.000 (Bay St. George)	Bay St. George
48°8′N 59°0′W / 48.133°N 59.000°W / 48.133; -59.000 (Canada)	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
47°35′N 59°0′W / 47.583°N 59.000°W / 47.583; -59.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
7°53′N 59°0′W / 7.883°N 59.000°W / 7.883; -59.000 (Guyana)	Guyana	Territory claimed by Venezuela
1°19′N 59°0′W / 1.317°N 59.000°W / 1.317; -59.000 (Brazil)	Brazil	Roraima Amazonas — from 0°14′N 59°0′W / 0.233°N 59.000°W / 0.233; -59.000 (Amazonas) Mato Grosso — from 8°46′S 59°0′W / 8.767°S 59.000°W / -8.767; -59.000 (Mato Grosso)
16°18′S 59°0′W / 16.300°S 59.000°W / -16.300; -59.000 (Bolivia)	Bolivia
19°24′S 59°0′W / 19.400°S 59.000°W / -19.400; -59.000 (Paraguay)	Paraguay
24°39′S 59°0′W / 24.650°S 59.000°W / -24.650; -59.000 (Argentina)	Argentina
38°40′S 59°0′W / 38.667°S 59.000°W / -38.667; -59.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
51°23′S 59°0′W / 51.383°S 59.000°W / -51.383; -59.000 (Falkland Islands)	Falkland Islands	Island of East Falkland — claimed by Argentina
52°3′S 59°0′W / 52.050°S 59.000°W / -52.050; -59.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 59°0′W / 60.000°S 59.000°W / -60.000; -59.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
62°12′S 59°0′W / 62.200°S 59.000°W / -62.200; -59.000 (South Shetland Islands)	South Shetland Islands	King George Island and Nelson Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
62°20′S 59°0′W / 62.333°S 59.000°W / -62.333; -59.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
63°40′S 59°0′W / 63.667°S 59.000°W / -63.667; -59.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
64°57′S 59°0′W / 64.950°S 59.000°W / -64.950; -59.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea
75°29′S 59°0′W / 75.483°S 59.000°W / -75.483; -59.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom