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.

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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -22°W
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 * 82.7°N, -22°W
 * 82.7°N, -22°W
 * Peary Land peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.46667°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.46667°N, -22°W
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 * 81.23333°N, -22°W
 * Passing through Danmark Fjord and Gael Hamke Bay
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.31667°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.31667°N, -22°W
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 * 72.93333°N, -22°W
 * Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.4°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.4°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
 * 71.73333°N, -22°W
 * 71.73333°N, -22°W
 * Jameson Land peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.48333°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.48333°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
 * 66.26667°N, -22°W
 * 66.26667°N, -22°W
 * Westfjords peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.51667°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.51667°N, -22°W
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 * 65.38333°N, -22°W
 * 65.38333°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.1°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.1°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.1°N, -22°W
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 * 65.01667°N, -22°W
 * 65.01667°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.3°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.3°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.3°N, -22°W
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 * 64.15°N, -22°W
 * 64.15°N, -22°W
 * Passing just west of Reykjavík
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.83333°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.83333°N, -22°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -22°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -22°W
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 * -74.15°N, -22°W
 * -74.15°N, -22°W
 * British Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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