Earth:47th meridian west

Short description: Line of longitude

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47th meridian west

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.

From Pole to Pole

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
[ ⚑ ] 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)

See also

• 46th meridian west
• 48th meridian west