title: 36th meridian west
text: # 36th meridian west
  
  The meridian 36° 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 36th meridian west forms a great circle with the 144th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 36th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 36.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -36.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°33′N 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.550°N 36.000°W﻿ / 83.550; -36.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Gertrud Rask Land 65°59′N 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.983°N 36.000°W﻿ / 65.983; -36.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 5°3′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.050°S 36.000°W﻿ / -5.050; -36.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Rio Grande do Norte Paraíba — from 6°27′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.450°S 36.000°W﻿ / -6.450; -36.000﻿ (Paraíba) Pernambuco — from 7°49′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.817°S 36.000°W﻿ / -7.817; -36.000﻿ (Pernambuco) Alagoas — from 8°54′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.900°S 36.000°W﻿ / -8.900; -36.000﻿ (Alagoas) 10°0′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.000°S 36.000°W﻿ / -10.000; -36.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 54°34′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.567°S 36.000°W﻿ / -54.567; -36.000﻿ (South Georgia)  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Island of South Georgia 54°52′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.867°S 36.000°W﻿ / -54.867; -36.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 36.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -36.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°57′S 36°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.950°S 36.000°W﻿ / -77.950; -36.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  