The meridian 36° 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.

Line across the Earth
36°
36th meridian west

The 36th meridian west forms a great circle with the 144th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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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)

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