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17th meridian west
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 17° 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 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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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 81 28 N 17 0 W type:country Greenland
! scope="row" |
|
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80 10 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea — passing just east of Shannon Island, (at 75 7 N 17 19 W type:isle Shannon Island)
|-
| 66 12 N 17 0 W type:country Iceland
! scope="row" |
|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63 47 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 32 49 N 17 0 W type:country Portugal
! scope="row" |
| Island of Madeira
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 32 39 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of Tenerife, (at 28 20 N 16 55 W type:isle Tenerife) Passing just east of the island of La Gomera, (at 28 6 N 17 5 W type:isle La Gomera)
|-valign="top"
| 21 28 N 17 0 W type:country Western Sahara
! scope="row" | Western Sahara
| Ras Nouadhibou peninsula — claimed by and the
|-
| 21 7 N 17 0 W type:country Mauritania
! scope="row" |
| Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21 3 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 15 4 N 17 0 W type:country Senegal
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|
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 14 25 N 17 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 17 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 72 33 S 17 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
16th meridian west
18th meridian west
References
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