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.

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23rd meridian west

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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 23°0′W	Arctic Ocean
82°48′N 23°0′W	Greenland	Herlufsholm Strand (Peary Land)
82°17′N 23°0′W	Independence Fjord
82°0′N 23°0′W	Greenland	Passing through Danmark Fjord
73°20′N 23°0′W	Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord
73°9′N 23°0′W	Greenland	Ymer Island, Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
72°16′N 23°0′W	King Oscar Fjord
72°1′N 23°0′W	Greenland	Jameson Land peninsula
70°26′N 23°0′W	Scoresby Sund
70°5′N 23°0′W	Greenland
69°45′N 23°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
66°26′N 23°0′W	Iceland	Westfjords peninsula
66°17′N 23°0′W	Ísafjarðardjúp
66°5′N 23°0′W	Iceland	Westfjords peninsula
65°33′N 23°0′W	Breiðafjörður
65°1′N 23°0′W	Iceland	Snæfellsnes peninsula
64°48′N 23°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of the island of Sal,  Cape Verde (at 16°48′N 22°59′W) Passing just west of the island of Boa Vista,  Cape Verde (at 16°2′N 22°58′W) Passing just east of the island of Maio,  Cape Verde (at 15°10′N 23°6′W)
60°0′S 23°0′W	Southern Ocean
74°18′S 23°0′W	Antarctica	British Antarctic Territory, claimed by  United Kingdom

See also

• 22nd meridian west
• 24th meridian west

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