37th meridian west
# 37th meridian west

The meridian 37° 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 37th meridian west forms a great circle with the 143rd meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 37th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 37.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -37.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°27′N 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.450°N 37.000°W﻿ / 83.450; -37.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Roosevelt Land, Amundsen Land and the Ice sheet 65°37′N 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.617°N 37.000°W﻿ / 65.617; -37.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 4°56′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿4.933°S 37.000°W﻿ / -4.933; -37.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Rio Grande do Norte Paraíba — from 6°42′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿6.700°S 37.000°W﻿ / -6.700; -37.000﻿ (Paraíba) Pernambuco — for about 4 km from 7°28′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.467°S 37.000°W﻿ / -7.467; -37.000﻿ (Pernambuco) Paraíba — from 7°30′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿7.500°S 37.000°W﻿ / -7.500; -37.000﻿ (Paraíba) Pernambuco — from 8°16′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.267°S 37.000°W﻿ / -8.267; -37.000﻿ (Pernambuco) Alagoas — from 9°19′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.317°S 37.000°W﻿ / -9.317; -37.000﻿ (Alagoas) Sergipe — from 9°58′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.967°S 37.000°W﻿ / -9.967; -37.000﻿ (Sergipe) 10°55′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿10.917°S 37.000°W﻿ / -10.917; -37.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 54°3′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.050°S 37.000°W﻿ / -54.050; -37.000﻿ (South Georgia)  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Island of South Georgia 54°21′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿54.350°S 37.000°W﻿ / -54.350; -37.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Annenkov Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 54°30′S 37°1′W﻿ / ﻿54.500°S 37.017°W﻿ / -54.500; -37.017﻿ (Annenkov Island)) 60°0′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 37.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -37.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°58′S 37°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.967°S 37.000°W﻿ / -77.967; -37.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
