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The meridian 24° 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.

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24th meridian west

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The 24th meridian west forms a great circle with the 156th meridian east.

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 24th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 24°0′W / 90.000°N 24.000°W / 90.000; -24.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
82°55′N 24°0′W / 82.917°N 24.000°W / 82.917; -24.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Herluf Trolle Land (Peary Land)
82°16′N 24°0′W / 82.267°N 24.000°W / 82.267; -24.000 (Independence and Hagen Fjords)	Independence Fjord and Hagen Fjord
78°0′N 24°0′W / 78.000°N 24.000°W / 78.000; -24.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Alabama Nunatak
73°35′N 24°0′W / 73.583°N 24.000°W / 73.583; -24.000 (Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord)	Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord
73°23′N 24°0′W / 73.383°N 24.000°W / 73.383; -24.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Ymer Island, Geographical Society Island and Traill Island
72°28′N 24°0′W / 72.467°N 24.000°W / 72.467; -24.000 (King Oscar Fjord)	King Oscar Fjord
72°16′N 24°0′W / 72.267°N 24.000°W / 72.267; -24.000 (Greenland)	Greenland	Jameson Land peninsula
70°39′N 24°0′W / 70.650°N 24.000°W / 70.650; -24.000 (Scoresby Sund)	Scoresby Sund
70°9′N 24°0′W / 70.150°N 24.000°W / 70.150; -24.000 (Greenland)	Greenland
69°36′N 24°0′W / 69.600°N 24.000°W / 69.600; -24.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
65°47′N 24°0′W / 65.783°N 24.000°W / 65.783; -24.000 (Iceland)	Iceland	Westfjords peninsula
65°28′N 24°0′W / 65.467°N 24.000°W / 65.467; -24.000 (Breiðafjörður)	Breiðafjörður
64°53′N 24°0′W / 64.883°N 24.000°W / 64.883; -24.000 (Iceland)	Iceland	Snæfellsnes peninsula
64°49′N 24°0′W / 64.817°N 24.000°W / 64.817; -24.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde (at 16°34′N 24°1′W / 16.567°N 24.017°W / 16.567; -24.017 (São Nicolau)) Passing just west of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde (at 15°4′N 23°47′W / 15.067°N 23.783°W / 15.067; -23.783 (Santiago)) Passing just east of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde (at 14°52′N 24°17′W / 14.867°N 24.283°W / 14.867; -24.283 (Fogo))
60°0′S 24°0′W / 60.000°S 24.000°W / -60.000; -24.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
74°33′S 24°0′W / 74.550°S 24.000°W / -74.550; -24.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom
74°42′S 24°0′W / 74.700°S 24.000°W / -74.700; -24.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea
74°55′S 24°0′W / 74.917°S 24.000°W / -74.917; -24.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	British Antarctic Territory, claimed by United Kingdom

Summary

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