57th meridian west

The meridian 57° 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.

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57th meridian west

The 57th meridian west forms a great circle with the 123rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 57th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 57°0′W	Arctic Ocean
83°33′N 57°0′W	Lincoln Sea
82°11′N 57°0′W	Greenland	Nyeboe Land
90°0′N 57°0′W	Baffin Bay
74°10′N 57°0′W	Greenland
74°7′N 57°0′W	Baffin Bay
70°0′N 57°0′W	Davis Strait
60°0′N 57°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Labrador Sea
53°43′N 57°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
51°24′N 57°0′W	Strait of Belle Isle
50°59′N 57°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
47°35′N 57°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
5°59′N 57°0′W	Suriname
2°34′N 57°0′W	Guyana	Area claimed by Suriname
1°54′N 57°0′W	Brazil	Pará Amazonas — from 1°55′S 57°0′W Pará — from 3°49′S 57°0′W Mato Grosso — from 9°18′S 57°0′W Mato Grosso do Sul — from 17°40′S 57°0′W
22°13′S 57°0′W	Paraguay
27°28′S 57°0′W	Argentina
29°39′S 57°0′W	Brazil
30°5′S 57°0′W	Uruguay
34°34′S 57°0′W	Río de la Plata
36°20′S 57°0′W	Argentina
37°19′S 57°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 57°0′W	Southern Ocean
63°21′S 57°0′W	Antarctica	Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
63°38′S 57°0′W	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea — passing just east of Vega Island (at 63°49′S 57°3′W) and James Ross Island (at 64°10′S 57°3′W), Antarctica
64°21′S 57°0′W	Antarctica	Snow Hill Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
64°27′S 57°0′W	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea
75°58′S 57°0′W	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom

See also

• 56th meridian west
• 58th meridian west