59th meridian west

59th meridian west
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:
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea
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|Nyeboe Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Newman Bugt
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|Hall Land
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Davis Strait
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Labrador Sea
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| Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador Quebec — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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| Newfoundland and Labrador — Port au Port Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bay St. George
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| Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Territory claimed by
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| Roraima Amazonas — from Mato Grosso — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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| Island of East Falkland — claimed by
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | South Shetland Islands
| King George Island and Nelson Island — claimed by , and
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Antarctic Peninsula — claimed by , and
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Weddell Sea
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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Territory claimed by , and
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See also
58th meridian west
60th meridian west
w059 meridian west