15th meridian west

The meridian 15° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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.

15°

15th meridian west

The 15th meridian west forms a great circle with the 165th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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
90°0′N 15°0′W	Arctic Ocean
81°55′N 15°0′W	Greenland	Flade Isblink
80°44′N 15°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
66°21′N 15°0′W	Iceland
64°14′N 15°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
24°35′N 15°0′W	Western Sahara	Claimed by  Morocco
21°20′N 15°0′W	Mauritania
16°41′N 15°0′W	Senegal
13°48′N 15°0′W	Gambia
13°29′N 15°0′W	Senegal
12°41′N 15°0′W	Guinea-Bissau
10°57′N 15°0′W	Guinea	Katchek Island
10°46′N 15°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 15°0′W	Southern Ocean
72°4′S 15°0′W	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

• 14th meridian west
• 16th meridian west