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

• 21st meridian west
• 23rd meridian west

References