22nd meridian west

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22nd meridian west

The meridian 22° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. [2][3]

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 / 90.000°N 22.000°W / 90.000; -22.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
82°42′N 22°0′W / 82.700°N 22.000°W / 82.700; -22.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Peary Land peninsula
82°28′N 22°0′W / 82.467°N 22.000°W / 82.467; -22.000 (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord
81°14′N 22°0′W / 81.233°N 22.000°W / 81.233; -22.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Passing through Danmark Fjord and Gael Hamke Bay
73°19′N 22°0′W / 73.317°N 22.000°W / 73.317; -22.000 (Foster Bay) Foster Bay
72°56′N 22°0′W / 72.933°N 22.000°W / 72.933; -22.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
72°24′N 22°0′W / 72.400°N 22.000°W / 72.400; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
71°44′N 22°0′W / 71.733°N 22.000°W / 71.733; -22.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Jameson Land peninsula
70°29′N 22°0′W / 70.483°N 22.000°W / 70.483; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
66°16′N 22°0′W / 66.267°N 22.000°W / 66.267; -22.000 (Iceland)  Iceland Westfjords peninsula
65°31′N 22°0′W / 65.517°N 22.000°W / 65.517; -22.000 (Breiðafjörður) Breiðafjörður
65°23′N 22°0′W / 65.383°N 22.000°W / 65.383; -22.000 (Iceland)  Iceland
65°6′N 22°0′W / 65.100°N 22.000°W / 65.100; -22.000 (Breiðafjörður) Breiðafjörður
65°1′N 22°0′W / 65.017°N 22.000°W / 65.017; -22.000 (Iceland)  Iceland
64°18′N 22°0′W / 64.300°N 22.000°W / 64.300; -22.000 (Faxaflói) Faxaflói
64°9′N 22°0′W / 64.150°N 22.000°W / 64.150; -22.000 (Iceland)  Iceland Passing just west of Reykjavík
63°50′N 22°0′W / 63.833°N 22.000°W / 63.833; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 22°0′W / 60.000°S 22.000°W / -60.000; -22.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
74°9′S 22°0′W / 74.150°S 22.000°W / -74.150; -22.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica British Antarctic Territory, claimed by  United Kingdom

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ T. Vincenty (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  3. ^ "Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude/Longitude points". Movable type scripts. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.