17th meridian west

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The meridian 17° 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 17th meridian west forms a great circle with the 163rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 17th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 17°0′W / 90.000°N 17.000°W / 90.000; -17.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°28′N 17°0′W / 81.467°N 17.000°W / 81.467; -17.000 (Greenland) File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
80°10′N 17°0′W / 80.167°N 17.000°W / 80.167; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea — passing just east of Shannon Island, File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland (at 75°7′N 17°19′W / 75.117°N 17.317°W / 75.117; -17.317 (Shannon Island))
66°12′N 17°0′W / 66.200°N 17.000°W / 66.200; -17.000 (Iceland) File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
63°47′N 17°0′W / 63.783°N 17.000°W / 63.783; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
32°49′N 17°0′W / 32.817°N 17.000°W / 32.817; -17.000 (Portugal) File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Island of Madeira
32°39′N 17°0′W / 32.650°N 17.000°W / 32.650; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Tenerife, File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (at 28°20′N 16°55′W / 28.333°N 16.917°W / 28.333; -16.917 (Tenerife))
Passing just east of the island of La Gomera, File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (at 28°6′N 17°5′W / 28.100°N 17.083°W / 28.100; -17.083 (La Gomera))
21°28′N 17°0′W / 21.467°N 17.000°W / 21.467; -17.000 (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Ras Nouadhibou peninsula — claimed by File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco and the File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
21°7′N 17°0′W / 21.117°N 17.000°W / 21.117; -17.000 (Mauritania) File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
21°3′N 17°0′W / 21.050°N 17.000°W / 21.050; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
15°4′N 17°0′W / 15.067°N 17.000°W / 15.067; -17.000 (Senegal) File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
14°25′N 17°0′W / 14.417°N 17.000°W / 14.417; -17.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 17°0′W / 60.000°S 17.000°W / -60.000; -17.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
72°33′S 17°0′W / 72.550°S 17.000°W / -72.550; -17.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

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