From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 22nd meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 22°0′W / 90.000°N 22.000°W / 90.000; -22.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°42′N 22°0′W / 82.700°N 22.000°W / 82.700; -22.000 (Greenland) Greenland Peary Land peninsula 82°28′N 22°0′W / 82.467°N 22.000°W / 82.467; -22.000 (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord 81°14′N 22°0′W / 81.233°N 22.000°W / 81.233; -22.000 (Greenland) Greenland Passing through Danmark Fjord and Gael Hamkes Bay 73°19′N 22°0′W / 73.317°N 22.000°W / 73.317; -22.000 (Foster Bay) Foster Bay 72°56′N 22°0′W / 72.933°N 22.000°W / 72.933; -22.000 (Greenland) Greenland Geographical Society Island and Traill Island 72°24′N 22°0′W / 72.400°N 22.000°W / 72.400; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 71°44′N 22°0′W / 71.733°N 22.000°W / 71.733; -22.000 (Greenland) Greenland Jameson Land peninsula 70°29′N 22°0′W / 70.483°N 22.000°W / 70.483; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 66°16′N 22°0′W / 66.267°N 22.000°W / 66.267; -22.000 (Iceland) Iceland Westfjords peninsula 65°31′N 22°0′W / 65.517°N 22.000°W / 65.517; -22.000 (Breiðafjörður) Breiðafjörður 65°23′N 22°0′W / 65.383°N 22.000°W / 65.383; -22.000 (Iceland) Iceland 65°6′N 22°0′W / 65.100°N 22.000°W / 65.100; -22.000 (Breiðafjörður) Breiðafjörður 65°1′N 22°0′W / 65.017°N 22.000°W / 65.017; -22.000 (Iceland) Iceland 64°18′N 22°0′W / 64.300°N 22.000°W / 64.300; -22.000 (Faxaflói) Faxaflói 64°9′N 22°0′W / 64.150°N 22.000°W / 64.150; -22.000 (Iceland) Iceland Passing just west of Reykjavík 63°50′N 22°0′W / 63.833°N 22.000°W / 63.833; -22.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 22°0′W / 60.000°S 22.000°W / -60.000; -22.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 74°9′S 22°0′W / 74.150°S 22.000°W / -74.150; -22.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom
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“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.”
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