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15th meridian west
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 15° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en 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 15th meridian west forms a great circle with the 165th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 15th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 15 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 81 55 N 15 0 W type:country Greenland
! scope="row" |
| Flade Isblink
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80 44 N 15 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
|-
| 66 21 N 15 0 W type:country Iceland
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64 14 N 15 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 24 35 N 15 0 W type:country Western Sahara
! scope="row" | Western Sahara
| Claimed by
|-
| 21 20 N 15 0 W type:country Mauritania
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 16 41 N 15 0 W type:country Senegal
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 13 48 N 15 0 W type:country Gambia
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 13 29 N 15 0 W type:country Senegal
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 12 41 N 15 0 W type:country Guinea-Bissau
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| 10 57 N 15 0 W type:country Guinea
! scope="row" |
| Katchek Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 10 46 N 15 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 15 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 72 4 S 15 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
14th meridian west
16th meridian west
References
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