36°

36th meridian west

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.

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

From Pole to Pole

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)