Misplaced Pages

31st meridian west

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Line of longitude
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "31st meridian west" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Line across the Earth31°class=notpageimage| 31st meridian west Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

The meridian 31° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 31st meridian west forms a great circle with the 149th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 31st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 31°0′W / 90.000°N 31.000°W / 90.000; -31.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°34′N 31°0′W / 83.567°N 31.000°W / 83.567; -31.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Northern Peary Land
83°6′N 31°0′W / 83.100°N 31.000°W / 83.100; -31.000 (Frederick E. Hyde Fjord) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
82°45′N 31°0′W / 82.750°N 31.000°W / 82.750; -31.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Nordkrone
82°0′N 31°0′W / 82.000°N 31.000°W / 82.000; -31.000 (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord
81°50′N 31°0′W / 81.833°N 31.000°W / 81.833; -31.000 (Greenland)  Greenland J.C. Christensen Land
68°3′N 31°0′W / 68.050°N 31.000°W / 68.050; -31.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Corvo Island, Azores,  Portugal (at 39°42′N 31°5′W / 39.700°N 31.083°W / 39.700; -31.083 (Corvo Island))
Passing just east of Flores Island, Azores,  Portugal (at 39°27′N 31°7′W / 39.450°N 31.117°W / 39.450; -31.117 (Flores Island))
60°0′S 31°0′W / 60.000°S 31.000°W / -60.000; -31.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
76°51′S 31°0′W / 76.850°S 31.000°W / -76.850; -31.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

References

Circles of latitude / meridians
Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle WE 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 180° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 180° 15° 25° 35° 45° 55° 65° 75° 85° 95° 105° 115° 125° 135° 145° 155° 165° 175° 15° 25° 35° 45° 55° 65° 75° 85° 95° 105° 115° 125° 135° 145° 155° 165° 175° 10° 20° 40° 50° 70° 80° 100° 110° 130° 140° 160° 170° 10° 20° 40° 50° 70° 80° 100° 110° 130° 140° 160° 170° 10° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 10° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° N 15° 25° 35° 45° 55° 65° 75° 85° S 15° 25° 35° 45° 55° 65° 75° 85° 45x90 45x90 45x90 45x90
Category: