From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 2nd meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 2°0′W / 90.000°N 2.000°W / 90.000; -2.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°45′N 2°0′W / 81.750°N 2.000°W / 81.750; -2.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of Foula, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 60°8′N 2°3′W / 60.133°N 2.050°W / 60.133; -2.050 (Foula)) 59°33′N 2°0′W / 59.550°N 2.000°W / 59.550; -2.000 (North Sea) North Sea 57°41′N 2°0′W / 57.683°N 2.000°W / 57.683; -2.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Scotland 57°18′N 2°0′W / 57.300°N 2.000°W / 57.300; -2.000 (North Sea) North Sea Passing just east of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 25°8′N 2°5′W / 25.133°N 2.083°W / 25.133; -2.083 (Aberdeen)) 55°46′N 2°0′W / 55.767°N 2.000°W / 55.767; -2.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom England — passing through Berwick-upon-Tweed (at 55°46′N 2°0′W / 55.767°N 2.000°W / 55.767; -2.000 (Berwick-upon-Tweed)) and western Birmingham (at 52°40′N 2°0′W / 52.667°N 2.000°W / 52.667; -2.000 (Birmingham)) 50°36′N 2°0′W / 50.600°N 2.000°W / 50.600; -2.000 (English Channel) English Channel Passing just west of the Cotentin Peninsula, France (at 49°42′N 1°57′W / 49.700°N 1.950°W / 49.700; -1.950 (Cotentin Peninsula))
Passing just east of the island of Jersey (at 49°12′N 2°1′W / 49.200°N 2.017°W / 49.200; -2.017 (Jersey))48°40′N 2°0′W / 48.667°N 2.000°W / 48.667; -2.000 (France) France 46°44′N 2°0′W / 46.733°N 2.000°W / 46.733; -2.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Bay of Biscay 43°19′N 2°0′W / 43.317°N 2.000°W / 43.317; -2.000 (Spain) Spain 36°51′N 2°0′W / 36.850°N 2.000°W / 36.850; -2.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Alboran Sea 35°5′N 2°0′W / 35.083°N 2.000°W / 35.083; -2.000 (Algeria) Algeria 34°56′N 2°0′W / 34.933°N 2.000°W / 34.933; -2.000 (Morocco) Morocco 32°9′N 2°0′W / 32.150°N 2.000°W / 32.150; -2.000 (Algeria) Algeria 23°12′N 2°0′W / 23.200°N 2.000°W / 23.200; -2.000 (Mali) Mali 14°35′N 2°0′W / 14.583°N 2.000°W / 14.583; -2.000 (Burkina Faso) Burkina Faso 10°59′N 2°0′W / 10.983°N 2.000°W / 10.983; -2.000 (Ghana) Ghana 4°45′N 2°0′W / 4.750°N 2.000°W / 4.750; -2.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 2°0′W / 60.000°S 2.000°W / -60.000; -2.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°53′S 2°0′W / 69.883°S 2.000°W / -69.883; -2.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land — claimed by 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)