57th meridian west explained

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.

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-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Lincoln Sea
Nyeboe Land
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Atlantic OceanLabrador Sea
Newfoundland and LabradorLabrador
Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
Area claimed by
Pará
Amazonas — from
Pará — from
Mato Grosso — from
Mato Grosso do Sul — from
Río de la Plata
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaAntarctic Peninsulaclaimed by, and
Southern OceanWeddell Sea — passing just east of Vega Island (at) and James Ross Island (at), Antarctica
AntarcticaSnow Hill Islandclaimed by, and
Southern OceanWeddell Sea
AntarcticaTerritory claimed by, and

See also