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. In some geographic schema, it is used as the line of longitude which best delineates the historical separation between the Old World of Eurasia and Africa and the New World of the Americas.
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:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
GreenlandLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Jøkelbugten Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. GreenlandGamma Island and Germania Land Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Dove Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. GreenlandMainland, Kuhn Island, and the mainland again Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
IcelandLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Border between the Antarctic territorial claims of the 
United Kingdom and 
Norway
See also
 20°
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