The meridian 15° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude 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.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 15th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Arctic Ocean | ||
Flade Isblink | ||
Atlantic Ocean | Greenland Sea | |
Atlantic Ocean | ||
Western Sahara | Claimed by | |
Katchek Island | ||
Atlantic Ocean | ||
Southern Ocean | ||
Antarctica | Queen Maud Land, claimed by | |