17th meridian west
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The meridian 17° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 17th meridian west forms a great circle with the 163rd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Greenland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea — passing just east of Shannon Island, Greenland (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iceland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Portugal Island of Madeira Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Tenerife, Spain (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of the island of La Gomera, Spain (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Western Sahara Ras Nouadhibou peninsula — claimed by Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mauritania Ras Nouadhibou peninsula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Senegal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway