From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 20°0′W / 90.000°N 20.000°W / 90.000; -20.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°33′N 20°0′W / 81.550°N 20.000°W / 81.550; -20.000 (Greenland) Greenland 78°49′N 20°0′W / 78.817°N 20.000°W / 78.817; -20.000 (Jøkelbugten) Jøkelbugten 77°59′N 20°0′W / 77.983°N 20.000°W / 77.983; -20.000 (Greenland) Greenland Gamma Island and Germania Land 76°55′N 20°0′W / 76.917°N 20.000°W / 76.917; -20.000 (Dove Bay) Dove Bay 76°15′N 20°0′W / 76.250°N 20.000°W / 76.250; -20.000 (Greenland) Greenland Mainland, Kuhn Island, and the mainland again 74°16′N 20°0′W / 74.267°N 20.000°W / 74.267; -20.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 66°2′N 20°0′W / 66.033°N 20.000°W / 66.033; -20.000 (Iceland) Iceland 63°32′N 20°0′W / 63.533°N 20.000°W / 63.533; -20.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 20°0′W / 60.000°S 20.000°W / -60.000; -20.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 73°25′S 20°0′W / 73.417°S 20.000°W / -73.417; -20.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Border between the Antarctic territorial claims of the United Kingdom and Norway
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Famous quotes containing the words pole to pole and/or pole:
“Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)