28th meridian west

The meridian 28° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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28th meridian west

The 28th meridian west forms a great circle with the 152nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 28th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 28°0′W	Arctic Ocean
83°28′N 28°0′W	Greenland	Moore Glacier (Northern Peary Land)
83°9′N 28°0′W	Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
83°5′N 28°0′W	Greenland	Melville Land (Southern Peary Land)
82°11′N 28°0′W	Independence Fjord
82°2′N 28°0′W	Greenland	Mainland, the island of Milne Land and the mainland again
68°35′N 28°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
39°5′N 28°0′W	Portugal	Island of Graciosa, Azores
39°1′N 28°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
38°39′N 28°0′W	Portugal	Island of São Jorge, Azores
38°36′N 28°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of Pico Island, Azores,  Portugal (at 38°25′N 28°2′W) Passing just east of Leskov Island,  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 56°40′S 28°9′W)
60°0′S 28°0′W	Southern Ocean
76°13′S 28°0′W	Antarctica	Claimed by both  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory); and the eastern limit of the proposed Brazilian Antarctica, claimed by  Brazil

See also

• 27th meridian west
• 29th meridian west