21st meridian west

Line across the Earth
21°
21st meridian west ()

The meridian 21° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.[2]

The 21st meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 159th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 21st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 21°0′W / 90.000°N 21.000°W / 90.000; -21.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°13′N 21°0′W / 81.217°N 21.000°W / 81.217; -21.000 (Greenland)  Greenland
78°28′N 21°0′W / 78.467°N 21.000°W / 78.467; -21.000 (Jokel Bay) Jokel Bay
77°56′N 21°0′W / 77.933°N 21.000°W / 77.933; -21.000 (Greenland)  Greenland
73°27′N 21°0′W / 73.450°N 21.000°W / 73.450; -21.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
65°23′N 21°0′W / 65.383°N 21.000°W / 65.383; -21.000 (Iceland)  Iceland
63°49′N 21°0′W / 63.817°N 21.000°W / 63.817; -21.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 21°0′W / 60.000°S 21.000°W / -60.000; -21.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
73°57′S 21°0′W / 73.950°S 21.000°W / -73.950; -21.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica British Antarctic Territory, claimed by  United Kingdom

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ↑ T. Vincenty (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
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