title: 38th meridian west
text: # 38th meridian west
  
  The meridian 38° 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 38th meridian west forms a great circle with the 142nd meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 38th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 38.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -38.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°38′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.633°N 38.000°W﻿ / 83.633; -38.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 83°31′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.517°N 38.000°W﻿ / 83.517; -38.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Cape Washington 83°25′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.417°N 38.000°W﻿ / 83.417; -38.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Hunt Fjord 83°20′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.333°N 38.000°W﻿ / 83.333; -38.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Roosevelt Land 83°9′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.150°N 38.000°W﻿ / 83.150; -38.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Harder Fjord 82°30′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.500°N 38.000°W﻿ / 82.500; -38.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Amundsen Land and Hans Tausen Ice Cap 65°56′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.933°N 38.000°W﻿ / 65.933; -38.000﻿ (Sermilik Fjord) Sermilik Fjord 65°43′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.717°N 38.000°W﻿ / 65.717; -38.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Ammassalik Island 65°41′N 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.683°N 38.000°W﻿ / 65.683; -38.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 4°15′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.250°S 38.000°W﻿ / -4.250; -38.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Ceará Rio Grande do Norte — from 5°34′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿5.567°S 38.000°W﻿ / -5.567; -38.000﻿ (Rio Grande do Norte) Paraíba — from 6°26′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.433°S 38.000°W﻿ / -6.433; -38.000﻿ (Paraíba) Pernambuco — from 7°46′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.767°S 38.000°W﻿ / -7.767; -38.000﻿ (Pernambuco) Alagoas — from 9°9′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.150°S 38.000°W﻿ / -9.150; -38.000﻿ (Alagoas) Sergipe — from 9°32′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.533°S 38.000°W﻿ / -9.533; -38.000﻿ (Sergipe) Bahia — for about 2 km from 9°38′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.633°S 38.000°W﻿ / -9.633; -38.000﻿ (Bahia) Sergipe — from 9°39′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.650°S 38.000°W﻿ / -9.650; -38.000﻿ (Sergipe) Bahia — from 9°49′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.817°S 38.000°W﻿ / -9.817; -38.000﻿ (Bahia) Sergipe — from 10°46′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.767°S 38.000°W﻿ / -10.767; -38.000﻿ (Sergipe) Bahia — for about 4 km from 11°12′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.200°S 38.000°W﻿ / -11.200; -38.000﻿ (Bahia) Sergipe — from 11°14′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.233°S 38.000°W﻿ / -11.233; -38.000﻿ (Sergipe) Bahia — from 11°24′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.400°S 38.000°W﻿ / -11.400; -38.000﻿ (Bahia) 12°35′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.583°S 38.000°W﻿ / -12.583; -38.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 54°0′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°S 38.000°W﻿ / -54.000; -38.000﻿ (South Georgia)  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Island of South Georgia 54°4′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.067°S 38.000°W﻿ / -54.067; -38.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 38.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -38.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°52′S 38°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.867°S 38.000°W﻿ / -77.867; -38.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  