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.

Line across the Earth
37°
37th meridian west

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

From Pole to Pole

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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)

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