From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 34th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 34°0′W / 90.000°N 34.000°W / 90.000; -34.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°36′N 34°0′W / 83.600°N 34.000°W / 83.600; -34.000 (Greenland) Greenland 66°46′N 34°0′W / 66.767°N 34.000°W / 66.767; -34.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Rocas Atoll, Brazil (at 3°51′S 33°49′W / 3.850°S 33.817°W / -3.850; -33.817 (Rocas Atoll)) 60°0′S 34°0′W / 60.000°S 34.000°W / -60.000; -34.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 77°20′S 34°0′W / 77.333°S 34.000°W / -77.333; -34.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
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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)