54th meridian west

The meridian 54° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Newfoundland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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54th meridian west

The 54th meridian west forms a great circle with the 126th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 54th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 54°0′W Arctic Ocean
83°37′N 54°0′W Lincoln Sea
82°16′N 54°0′W  Greenland Nyeboe Land
71°26′N 54°0′W Baffin Bay Passing just west of Illorsuit Island,  Greenland (at 71°8′N 54°0′W)
70°49′N 54°0′W  Greenland Nuussuaq Peninsula
70°24′N 54°0′W Sullorsuaq Strait
70°17′N 54°0′W  Greenland Disko Island
69°34′N 54°0′W Davis Strait Passing just west of the mainland of  Greenland (at 67°5′N 54°0′W)
60°0′N 54°0′W Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
An unnamed part of the Ocean — passing just east of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador,  Canada (at 49°39′N 54°0′W)
49°27′N 54°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
47°45′N 54°0′W Placentia Bay
47°19′N 54°0′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
46°50′N 54°0′W Atlantic Ocean
5°46′N 54°0′W  Suriname For about 10 km at the extreme north-east of the country
5°40′N 54°0′W  France French Guiana
3°39′N 54°0′W  Suriname For about 13 km
3°33′N 54°0′W  France French Guiana — passing through some territory claimed by  Suriname
2°13′N 54°0′W  Brazil Amapá
Pará — from 1°32′N 54°0′W
Mato Grosso — from 9°37′S 54°0′W
Mato Grosso do Sul — from 17°29′S 54°0′W
Paraná — from 23°29′N 54°0′W
25°34′S 54°0′W  Argentina
27°12′S 54°0′W  Brazil Rio Grande do Sul
31°55′S 54°0′W  Uruguay
34°31′S 54°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 54°0′W Southern Ocean
61°5′S 54°0′W South Shetland Islands Clarence Island — claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
61°14′S 54°0′W Southern Ocean
76°39′S 54°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom

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