The meridian 51° 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 51st meridian west forms a great circle with the 129th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 51st meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 51°0′W / 90.000°N 51.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
83°39′N 51°0′W / 83.650°N 51.000°W | Lincoln Sea | |
82°31′N 51°0′W / 82.517°N 51.000°W | Greenland | Wulff Land |
82°24′N 51°0′W / 82.400°N 51.000°W | Sherard Osborn Fjord | |
81°57′N 51°0′W / 81.950°N 51.000°W | Greenland | Passing through several fjords, the Nuussuaq Peninsula and Alluttoq Island |
69°32′N 51°0′W / 69.533°N 51.000°W | Disko Bay | |
69°20′N 51°0′W / 69.333°N 51.000°W | Greenland | Passing through several fjords |
63°8′N 51°0′W / 63.133°N 51.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
3°6′N 51°0′W / 3.100°N 51.000°W | Brazil | Amapá Pará — from 0°0′N 51°0′W / 0.000°N 51.000°W, passing through several islands in the mouth of the Amazon River Mato Grosso — from 9°48′S 51°0′W / 9.800°S 51.000°W Goiás — from 14°37′S 51°0′W / 14.617°S 51.000°W Mato Grosso do Sul — from 19°24′S 51°0′W / 19.400°S 51.000°W Minas Gerais — from 19°38′S 51°0′W / 19.633°S 51.000°W São Paulo — from 20°5′S 51°0′W / 20.083°S 51.000°W Paraná — from 22°47′S 51°0′W / 22.783°S 51.000°W Santa Catarina — from 26°14′S 51°0′W / 26.233°S 51.000°W Rio Grande do Sul — from 27°58′S 51°0′W / 27.967°S 51.000°W, passing through Lagoa dos Patos |
31°20′S 51°0′W / 31.333°S 51.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
60°0′S 51°0′W / 60.000°S 51.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
77°1′S 51°0′W / 77.017°S 51.000°W | Antarctica | Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) |