22nd meridian west
Line of longitude
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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:
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
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