56th meridian west

The meridian 56° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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56th meridian west

The 56th meridian west forms a great circle with the 124th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 56th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 56°0′W	Arctic Ocean
83°34′N 56°0′W	Lincoln Sea
82°15′N 56°0′W	Greenland	Nyeboe Land
72°40′N 56°0′W	Baffin Bay
70°0′N 56°0′W	Davis Strait
60°0′N 56°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Labrador Sea
53°33′N 56°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Labrador
51°53′N 56°0′W	Strait of Belle Isle
51°35′N 56°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
50°48′N 56°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
50°0′N 56°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
47°30′N 56°0′W	Fortune Bay	Passing just west of Brunette Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (at 47°16′N 55°59′W)
46°58′N 56°0′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — the tip of the Burin Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland
46°57′N 56°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (at 46°46′N 56°10′W)
5°49′N 56°0′W	Suriname
2°24′N 56°0′W	Brazil	Pará
2°8′N 56°0′W	Suriname
1°50′N 56°0′W	Brazil	Pará Mato Grosso — from 9°29′S 56°0′W Mato Grosso do Sul — from 17°14′S 56°0′W
22°17′S 56°0′W	Paraguay
27°20′S 56°0′W	Argentina
28°30′S 56°0′W	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul
30°50′S 56°0′W	Uruguay	Passing just east of Montevideo (at 34°53′S 56°9′W)
34°52′S 56°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 56°0′W	Southern Ocean
63°8′S 56°0′W	Antarctica	Joinville Island and Dundee Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
63°34′S 56°0′W	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea
76°16′S 56°0′W	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom