36th meridian west

36°

36th meridian west ()

The meridian 36° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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)