18th meridian west
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18th meridian west
The meridian 18° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.[2][3]
The 18th meridian west forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
[edit]Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian west passes through:
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ T. Vincenty (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ "Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude/Longitude points". Movable type scripts. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.