48th meridian west

48°

48th meridian west

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

The meridian 48° 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 map indexing scheme of Canada's National Topographic System begins in the east at the 48th meridian west.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 48th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 48°0′W / 90.000°N 48.000°W / 90.000; -48.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
83°41′N 48°0′W / 83.683°N 48.000°W / 83.683; -48.000 (Lincoln Sea)	Lincoln Sea
82°53′N 48°0′W / 82.883°N 48.000°W / 82.883; -48.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	John Murray Island
82°46′N 48°0′W / 82.767°N 48.000°W / 82.767; -48.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Lincoln Sea
82°30′N 48°0′W / 82.500°N 48.000°W / 82.500; -48.000 (Victoria Fjord)	Victoria Fjord
82°17′N 48°0′W / 82.283°N 48.000°W / 82.283; -48.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Wulff Land
60°41′N 48°0′W / 60.683°N 48.000°W / 60.683; -48.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
0°43′S 48°0′W / 0.717°S 48.000°W / -0.717; -48.000 (Brazil)	Brazil	Brasilia (at 15°47′S 47°54′W / 15.783°S 47.900°W / -15.783; -47.900 (Brasilia)) Goiás — from 16°2′S 48°0′W / 16.033°S 48.000°W / -16.033; -48.000 (Goiás) Minas Gerais — from 18°27′S 48°0′W / 18.450°S 48.000°W / -18.450; -48.000 (Minas Gerais) São Paulo — from 20°5′S 48°0′W / 20.083°S 48.000°W / -20.083; -48.000 (São Paulo)
25°13′S 48°0′W / 25.217°S 48.000°W / -25.217; -48.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 48°0′W / 60.000°S 48.000°W / -60.000; -48.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
72°32′S 48°0′W / 72.533°S 48.000°W / -72.533; -48.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory )