23rd meridian west
# 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.

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 / ﻿90.000°N 23.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -23.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°48′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.800°N 23.000°W﻿ / 82.800; -23.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Herlufsholm Strand (Peary Land) 82°17′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.283°N 23.000°W﻿ / 82.283; -23.000﻿ (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord 82°0′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.000°N 23.000°W﻿ / 82.000; -23.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Passing through Danmark Fjord 73°20′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.333°N 23.000°W﻿ / 73.333; -23.000﻿ (Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord) Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord 73°9′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.150°N 23.000°W﻿ / 73.150; -23.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Ymer Island, Geographical Society Island and Traill Island 72°16′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.267°N 23.000°W﻿ / 72.267; -23.000﻿ (King Oscar Fjord) King Oscar Fjord 72°1′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.017°N 23.000°W﻿ / 72.017; -23.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Jameson Land peninsula 70°26′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.433°N 23.000°W﻿ / 70.433; -23.000﻿ (Scoresby Sund) Scoresby Sund 70°5′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿70.083°N 23.000°W﻿ / 70.083; -23.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland 69°45′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.750°N 23.000°W﻿ / 69.750; -23.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 66°26′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.433°N 23.000°W﻿ / 66.433; -23.000﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Westfjords peninsula 66°17′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.283°N 23.000°W﻿ / 66.283; -23.000﻿ (Ísafjarðardjúp) Ísafjarðardjúp 66°5′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.083°N 23.000°W﻿ / 66.083; -23.000﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Westfjords peninsula 65°33′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.550°N 23.000°W﻿ / 65.550; -23.000﻿ (Breiðafjörður) Breiðafjörður 65°1′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿65.017°N 23.000°W﻿ / 65.017; -23.000﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Snæfellsnes peninsula 64°48′N 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.800°N 23.000°W﻿ / 64.800; -23.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Sal, Cape Verde (at 16°48′N 22°59′W﻿ / ﻿16.800°N 22.983°W﻿ / 16.800; -22.983﻿ (Sal)) Passing just west of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde (at 16°2′N 22°58′W﻿ / ﻿16.033°N 22.967°W﻿ / 16.033; -22.967﻿ (Boa Vista)) Passing just east of the island of Maio, Cape Verde (at 15°10′N 23°6′W﻿ / ﻿15.167°N 23.100°W﻿ / 15.167; -23.100﻿ (Maio)) 60°0′S 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 23.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -23.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 74°18′S 23°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.300°S 23.000°W﻿ / -74.300; -23.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom
