3rd meridian west
The meridian 3° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 3rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 177th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 3rd meridian west passes through:
-
| Co-ordinates |
Country, territory or sea |
Notes |
|
Arctic Ocean |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Island of Westray, Scotland |
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Westray Firth |
|
United Kingdom |
Islands of Rousay and Wyre, Scotland |
|
North Sea |
Wide Firth |
|
United Kingdom |
Island of Mainland (Orkney), Scotland |
|
Scapa Flow |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Island of South Ronaldsay, Scotland |
|
North Sea |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Scotland, passing through Dundee and Leven |
|
Firth of Forth |
|
|
United Kingdom |
Scotland - passing just east of Edinburgh
England - passing just west of Carlisle |
|
Irish Sea |
Morecambe Bay |
|
United Kingdom |
England - passing through Liverpool
Wales - the meridian crosses the border between England and Wales several times |
|
Bristol Channel |
|
|
United Kingdom |
England |
|
English Channel |
|
|
France |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Bay of Biscay, passing just east of Belle Île, France |
|
Spain |
|
|
Mediterranean Sea |
Alboran Sea, passing just east of Isla de Alborán, Spain |
|
Morocco |
Passing just west of the exclave of Melilla, Spain |
|
Algeria |
|
|
Mali |
Passing through Timbuktu |
|
Burkina Faso |
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
|
|
Ghana |
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
|
|
Ghana |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
|
|
Southern Ocean |
|
|
Antarctica |
Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway |
See also