From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 55th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 55°0′W / 90.000°N 55.000°W / 90.000; -55.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°36′N 55°0′W / 83.600°N 55.000°W / 83.600; -55.000 (Lincoln Sea) Lincoln Sea 82°20′N 55°0′W / 82.333°N 55.000°W / 82.333; -55.000 (Greenland) Greenland 71°26′N 55°0′W / 71.433°N 55.000°W / 71.433; -55.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°29′N 55°0′W / 70.483°N 55.000°W / 70.483; -55.000 (Greenland) Greenland Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island 70°24′N 55°0′W / 70.400°N 55.000°W / 70.400; -55.000 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 70°0′N 55°0′W / 70.000°N 55.000°W / 70.000; -55.000 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait Passing just west of Disko Island, Greenland (at 69°42′N 54°59′W / 69.700°N 54.983°W / 69.700; -54.983 (Disko Island)) 60°0′N 55°0′W / 60.000°N 55.000°W / 60.000; -55.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea
An unnamed part of the Ocean
Notre Dame Bay49°33′N 55°0′W / 49.550°N 55.000°W / 49.550; -55.000 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — the Exploits Islands and the island of Newfoundland 47°25′N 55°0′W / 47.417°N 55.000°W / 47.417; -55.000 (Fortune Bay) Fortune Bay 47°30′N 55°0′W / 47.500°N 55.000°W / 47.500; -55.000 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — Burin Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland 47°17′N 55°0′W / 47.283°N 55.000°W / 47.283; -55.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 6°0′N 55°0′W / 6.000°N 55.000°W / 6.000; -55.000 (Suriname) Suriname Passing just east of Paramaribo 2°35′N 55°0′W / 2.583°N 55.000°W / 2.583; -55.000 (Brazil) Brazil Pará
Mato Grosso — from 9°33′S 55°0′W / 9.550°S 55.000°W / -9.550; -55.000 (Mato Grosso)
Mato Grosso do Sul — from 17°38′S 55°0′W / 17.633°S 55.000°W / -17.633; -55.000 (Mato Grosso do Sul)23°57′S 55°0′W / 23.950°S 55.000°W / -23.950; -55.000 (Paraguay) Paraguay 26°47′S 55°0′W / 26.783°S 55.000°W / -26.783; -55.000 (Argentina) Argentina 27°47′S 55°0′W / 27.783°S 55.000°W / -27.783; -55.000 (Brazil) Brazil Rio Grande do Sul 31°18′S 55°0′W / 31.300°S 55.000°W / -31.300; -55.000 (Uruguay) Uruguay 34°55′S 55°0′W / 34.917°S 55.000°W / -34.917; -55.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 55°0′W / 60.000°S 55.000°W / -60.000; -55.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 61°2′S 55°0′W / 61.033°S 55.000°W / -61.033; -55.000 (South Shetland Islands) South Shetland Islands Elephant Island — claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom 61°8′S 55°0′W / 61.133°S 55.000°W / -61.133; -55.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean Passing just east of Joinville Island, Antarctica (at 63°18′S 55°1′W / 63.300°S 55.017°W / -63.300; -55.017 (Joinville Island)) 76°30′S 55°0′W / 76.500°S 55.000°W / -76.500; -55.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom
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“Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)