title: 43rd meridian west
text: # 43rd meridian west
  
  The meridian 43° 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 43rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 137th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 43rd meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 43.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -43.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°41′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.683°N 43.000°W﻿ / 83.683; -43.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 83°17′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.283°N 43.000°W﻿ / 83.283; -43.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Nansen Land J.P. Koch Fjord — 82°51′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.850°N 43.000°W﻿ / 82.850; -43.000﻿ (J.P. Koch Fjord) Freuchen Land — 82°30′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.500°N 43.000°W﻿ / 82.500; -43.000﻿ (Freuchen Land) Paatusoq — 60°47′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.783°N 43.000°W﻿ / 60.783; -43.000﻿ (Paatusoq) 60°32′N 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.533°N 43.000°W﻿ / 60.533; -43.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 2°28′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿2.467°S 43.000°W﻿ / -2.467; -43.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Maranhão Piauí — 5°31′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.517°S 43.000°W﻿ / -5.517; -43.000﻿ (Piauí) Maranhão — 6°7′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.117°S 43.000°W﻿ / -6.117; -43.000﻿ (Maranhão) Piauí — 6°45′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.750°S 43.000°W﻿ / -6.750; -43.000﻿ (Piauí) Bahia — 9°25′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.417°S 43.000°W﻿ / -9.417; -43.000﻿ (Bahia) Minas Gerais — 14°41′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.683°S 43.000°W﻿ / -14.683; -43.000﻿ (Minas Gerais) Rio de Janeiro (state) — 22°2′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.033°S 43.000°W﻿ / -22.033; -43.000﻿ (Rio de Janeiro), passing just east of the city of Rio de Janeiro (at 22°54′S 43°11′W﻿ / ﻿22.900°S 43.183°W﻿ / -22.900; -43.183﻿ (Rio de Janeiro)) 22°58′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.967°S 43.000°W﻿ / -22.967; -43.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 43.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -43.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°7′S 43°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.117°S 43.000°W﻿ / -78.117; -43.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  