title: 46th meridian west
text: # 46th meridian west
  
  The meridian 46° 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 46th meridian west forms a great circle with the 134th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 46th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 46.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -46.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°41′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.683°N 46.000°W﻿ / 83.683; -46.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 83°6′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.100°N 46.000°W﻿ / 83.100; -46.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Sverdrup Island 82°51′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.850°N 46.000°W﻿ / 82.850; -46.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°38′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.633°N 46.000°W﻿ / 82.633; -46.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Island of Nares Land 82°15′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.250°N 46.000°W﻿ / 82.250; -46.000﻿ (Victoria Fjord) Victoria Fjord 81°59′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿81.983°N 46.000°W﻿ / 81.983; -46.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Wulff Land 60°33′N 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.550°N 46.000°W﻿ / 60.550; -46.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 1°7′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿1.117°S 46.000°W﻿ / -1.117; -46.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Maranhão Tocantins — from 10°18′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.300°S 46.000°W﻿ / -10.300; -46.000﻿ (Tocantins) Bahia — from 10°32′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.533°S 46.000°W﻿ / -10.533; -46.000﻿ (Bahia) Goiás — from 14°18′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.300°S 46.000°W﻿ / -14.300; -46.000﻿ (Goiás) Bahia — for about 16 km from 14°48′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.800°S 46.000°W﻿ / -14.800; -46.000﻿ (Bahia) Minas Gerais — for about 9 km from 14°57′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.950°S 46.000°W﻿ / -14.950; -46.000﻿ (Minas Gerais) Bahia — for about 9 km from 15°2′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿15.033°S 46.000°W﻿ / -15.033; -46.000﻿ (Bahia) Minas Gerais — from 15°12′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿15.200°S 46.000°W﻿ / -15.200; -46.000﻿ (Minas Gerais) São Paulo — from 22°52′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.867°S 46.000°W﻿ / -22.867; -46.000﻿ (São Paulo), passing just west of São José dos Campos at 23°11′S 45°52′W﻿ / ﻿23.183°S 45.867°W﻿ / -23.183; -45.867﻿ (São José dos Campos) 23°48′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.800°S 46.000°W﻿ / -23.800; -46.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 46.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -46.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 60°34′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.567°S 46.000°W﻿ / -60.567; -46.000﻿ (South Orkney Islands) South Orkney Islands Coronation Island — claimed by both Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) 60°38′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.633°S 46.000°W﻿ / -60.633; -46.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°56′S 46°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.933°S 46.000°W﻿ / -77.933; -46.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  