23rd meridian west

The meridian 23° 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 23rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 157th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 23rd meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -23°W
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 * 82.8°N, -23°W
 * 82.8°N, -23°W
 * Herlufsholm Strand (Peary Land)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.28333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 82.28333°N, -23°W
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 * 82°N, -23°W
 * 82°N, -23°W
 * Passing through Danmark Fjord
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.33333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.33333°N, -23°W
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 * 73.15°N, -23°W
 * Ymer Island, Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.26667°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.26667°N, -23°W
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 * 72.01667°N, -23°W
 * 72.01667°N, -23°W
 * Jameson Land peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.43333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.43333°N, -23°W
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 * 70.08333°N, -23°W
 * 70.08333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.75°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.75°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.75°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
 * 66.43333°N, -23°W
 * 66.43333°N, -23°W
 * Westfjords peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.28333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.28333°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 66.08333°N, -23°W
 * 66.08333°N, -23°W
 * Westfjords peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.55°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 65.55°N, -23°W
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 * 65.01667°N, -23°W
 * 65.01667°N, -23°W
 * Snæfellsnes peninsula
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64.8°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Sal, 🇨🇻 (at 16.8°N, -22.98333°W) Passing just west of the island of Boa Vista, 🇨🇻 (at 16.03333°N, -22.96667°W) Passing just east of the island of Maio, 🇨🇻 (at 15.16667°N, -23.1°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -23°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -23°W
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 * -74.3°N, -23°W
 * -74.3°N, -23°W
 * British Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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