47th meridian west
# 47th meridian west

The meridian 47° 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 47th meridian west forms a great circle with the 133rd meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 47th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 47.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -47.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°41′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.683°N 47.000°W﻿ / 83.683; -47.000﻿ (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°55′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.917°N 47.000°W﻿ / 82.917; -47.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Elison Island 82°52′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.867°N 47.000°W﻿ / 82.867; -47.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°39′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.650°N 47.000°W﻿ / 82.650; -47.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Island of Nares Land 82°23′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.383°N 47.000°W﻿ / 82.383; -47.000﻿ (Victoria Fjord) Victoria Fjord 82°9′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.150°N 47.000°W﻿ / 82.150; -47.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Wulff Land 60°45′N 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.750°N 47.000°W﻿ / 60.750; -47.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 0°45′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿0.750°S 47.000°W﻿ / -0.750; -47.000﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Pará Maranhão — from 3°32′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿3.533°S 47.000°W﻿ / -3.533; -47.000﻿ (Maranhão) Tocantins — from 8°3′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.050°S 47.000°W﻿ / -8.050; -47.000﻿ (Tocantins) Maranhão — for about 16 km from 8°55′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿8.917°S 47.000°W﻿ / -8.917; -47.000﻿ (Maranhão) Tocantins — from 9°3′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿9.050°S 47.000°W﻿ / -9.050; -47.000﻿ (Tocantins) Goiás — from 13°5′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.083°S 47.000°W﻿ / -13.083; -47.000﻿ (Goiás) Minas Gerais — from 15°56′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿15.933°S 47.000°W﻿ / -15.933; -47.000﻿ (Minas Gerais) São Paulo — from 21°20′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.333°S 47.000°W﻿ / -21.333; -47.000﻿ (São Paulo), passing just east of Campinas at 22°54′S 47°3′W﻿ / ﻿22.900°S 47.050°W﻿ / -22.900; -47.050﻿ (Campinas) 24°20′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿24.333°S 47.000°W﻿ / -24.333; -47.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 47.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -47.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°46′S 47°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.767°S 47.000°W﻿ / -77.767; -47.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
