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22nd meridian west

Line of longitude

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. | archive-date = 2013-01-28 | archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/6DzvScM3g?url=http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-vincenty.html

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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Peary Land peninsula
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Passing through Danmark Fjord and Gael Hamke Bay
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Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
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Jameson Land peninsula
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Westfjords peninsula
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Passing just west of Reykjavík
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

British Antarctic Territory, claimed by
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References

"What is longitude?".
T. Vincenty. (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation".

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