title: 44th meridian west
text: # 44th meridian west
  
  The meridian 44° 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 44th meridian west forms a great circle with the 136th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 44th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 44.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -44.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°41′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.683°N 44.000°W﻿ / 83.683; -44.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 83°14′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.233°N 44.000°W﻿ / 83.233; -44.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Nansen Land 82°50′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.833°N 44.000°W﻿ / 82.833; -44.000﻿ (J.P. Koch Fjord) J.P. Koch Fjord 82°46′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.767°N 44.000°W﻿ / 82.767; -44.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Freuchen Land 82°25′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.417°N 44.000°W﻿ / 82.417; -44.000﻿ (Nordenskiöld Fjord) Nordenskiöld Fjord 82°18′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.300°N 44.000°W﻿ / 82.300; -44.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Mainland 60°10′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.167°N 44.000°W﻿ / 60.167; -44.000﻿ (Prince Christian Sound) Prince Christian Sound 59°58′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.967°N 44.000°W﻿ / 59.967; -44.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Sammisoq and Egger Island 59°49′N 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿59.817°N 44.000°W﻿ / 59.817; -44.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 2°38′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿2.633°S 44.000°W﻿ / -2.633; -44.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Maranhão Piauí — 6°46′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.767°S 44.000°W﻿ / -6.767; -44.000﻿ (Piauí) Bahia — 10°25′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.417°S 44.000°W﻿ / -10.417; -44.000﻿ (Bahia) Minas Gerais — 14°16′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿14.267°S 44.000°W﻿ / -14.267; -44.000﻿ (Minas Gerais), passing just west of Belo Horizonte (at 19°55′S 43°56′W﻿ / ﻿19.917°S 43.933°W﻿ / -19.917; -43.933﻿ (Belo Horizonte)) Rio de Janeiro — 22°10′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.167°S 44.000°W﻿ / -22.167; -44.000﻿ (Rio de Janeiro) 22°57′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.950°S 44.000°W﻿ / -22.950; -44.000﻿ (Sepetiba Bay) Sepetiba Bay 23°5′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.083°S 44.000°W﻿ / -23.083; -44.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Rio de Janeiro — Restinga da Marambaia (sandbank) 23°6′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.100°S 44.000°W﻿ / -23.100; -44.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 44.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -44.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 78°16′S 44°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.267°S 44.000°W﻿ / -78.267; -44.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  