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20th meridian west
The
meridian 20°
west
of
Greenwich
is a
line of longitude
that extends
from the North
Pole across the
Arctic Ocean
,
Greenland
,
Iceland
,
the Atlantic
Ocean, the
Southern Ocean
, and
Antarctica
to
the South
Pole.
The
20th meridian
west forms a
great circle
with the
160th meridian east
.
In Antarctica, the meridian defines
the border
between the
British Antarctic Territory
and
Queen Maud Land
. Between the
5th parallel north
and the
60th parallel south
it forms the eastern boundary of the
Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
.
From
Pole to Pole
Starting at the
North Pole
and
heading south
to the
South Pole
, the 20th meridian west
passes
through: