The meridian 49° 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 49th meridian west forms a great circle with the 131st meridian east.
From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 49th meridian west passes through:
DD Coordinates: 90.0 -49.0 DMS Coordinates: 90°00'0.00" N -49°00'0.00" W Geohash Coordinates: fzvpu UTM Coordinates: 22Z 500000 9997964.9432367 {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | |Wulff Land |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Pará — Marajó island and the mainland Tocantins — from Goiás — from Minas Gerais — from São Paulo — from Paraná — from Santa Catarina — from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Claimed by both (Argentine Antarctica) and (British Antarctic Territory)
See also 48th meridian west 50th meridian west 51st meridian west 52nd meridian west
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