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43rd meridian west

{{Short description|Line of longitude}}

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The meridian 43° 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 43rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 137th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 43rd meridian west passes through:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|83|41|N|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Lincoln Sea}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lincoln Sea

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

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| {{Coord|83|17|N|43|0|W|type:country|name=Greenland}}

! scope="row" | {{GRL}}

| Nansen Land
J.P. Koch Fjord — {{Coord|82|51|N|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=J.P. Koch Fjord}}
Freuchen Land — {{Coord|82|30|N|43|0|W|type:peninsula|name=Freuchen Land}}
Paatusoq — {{Coord|60|47|N|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Paatusoq}}

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|32|N|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

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| {{Coord|2|28|S|43|0|W|type:country|name=Brazil}}

! scope="row" | {{BRA}}

| Maranhão
Piauí — {{Coord|5|31|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Piauí}}
Maranhão — {{Coord|6|7|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Maranhão}}
Piauí — {{Coord|6|45|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Piauí}}
Bahia — {{Coord|9|25|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Bahia}}
Minas Gerais — {{Coord|14|41|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Minas Gerais}}
Rio de Janeiro (state) — {{Coord|22|2|S|43|0|W|type:adm1st|name=Rio de Janeiro}}, passing just east of the city of Rio de Janeiro (at {{Coord|22|54|S|43|11|W|type:city|name=Rio de Janeiro}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|22|58|S|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|43|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

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| {{Coord|78|7|S|43|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Claimed by both {{ARG}} (Argentine Antarctica) and {{UK}} (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

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