22nd meridian west

The meridian 22° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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22nd meridian west

The 22nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 158th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 22nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 22°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°42′N 22°0′W  Greenland Peary Land peninsula
82°28′N 22°0′W Independence Fjord
81°14′N 22°0′W  Greenland Passing through Danmark Fjord and Gael Hamke Bay
73°19′N 22°0′W Foster Bay
72°56′N 22°0′W  Greenland Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
72°24′N 22°0′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
71°44′N 22°0′W  Greenland Jameson Land peninsula
70°29′N 22°0′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
66°16′N 22°0′W  Iceland Westfjords peninsula
65°31′N 22°0′W Breiðafjörður
65°23′N 22°0′W  Iceland
65°6′N 22°0′W Breiðafjörður
65°1′N 22°0′W  Iceland
64°18′N 22°0′W Faxaflói
64°9′N 22°0′W  Iceland Passing just west of Reykjavík
63°50′N 22°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 22°0′W Southern Ocean
74°9′S 22°0′W Antarctica British Antarctic Territory, claimed by  United Kingdom

See also

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