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.

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3rd meridian west

The 3rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 177th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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
90°0′N 3°0′W Arctic Ocean
81°49′N 3°0′W Atlantic Ocean
59°20′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — island of Westray
59°16′N 3°0′W Atlantic Ocean Westray Firth
59°11′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — islands of Rousay and Wyre
59°7′N 3°0′W North Sea Wide Firth
59°11′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — island of Mainland (Orkney)
58°57′N 3°0′W Scapa Flow
58°49′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — island of South Ronaldsay
58°48′N 3°0′W North Sea
57°40′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — passing through Dundee (at 56°28′N 3°0′W)
56°12′N 3°0′W Firth of Forth
55°57′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — passing just east of Edinburgh (at 55°57′N 3°10′W)
England — from 55°3′N 3°0′W
54°9′N 3°0′W Irish Sea Morecambe Bay
53°56′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom England — passing just west of Liverpool (at 53°24′N 3°0′W)
Wales — from 53°14′N 3°0′W
England — from 52°57′N 3°0′W
Wales — from 52°44′N 3°0′W
England — from 52°43′N 3°0′W
Wales — from 52°21′N 3°0′W
England — from 52°19′N 3°0′W
Wales — from 52°16′N 3°0′W
England — from 52°15′N 3°0′W
Wales — from 51°55′N 3°0′W
51°32′N 3°0′W Bristol Channel
51°20′N 3°0′W  United Kingdom England
50°42′N 3°0′W English Channel
48°46′N 3°0′W  France
47°34′N 3°0′W Atlantic Ocean Bay of Biscay — passing just east of Belle Île,  France (at 47°18′N 3°3′W)
43°23′N 3°0′W  Spain Passing just west of Bilbao (at 43°15′N 2°56′W)
36°45′N 3°0′W Mediterranean Sea Alboran Sea — passing just east of Isla de Alborán,  Spain (at 35°57′N 3°2′W)
35°25′N 3°0′W  Morocco Passing just west of the exclave of Melilla,  Spain (at 35°18′N 2°58′W)
31°45′N 3°0′W  Algeria
23°51′N 3°0′W  Mali Passing through Timbuktu (at 16°46′N 3°0′W)
13°40′N 3°0′W  Burkina Faso
9°43′N 3°0′W  Ivory Coast
7°10′N 3°0′W  Ghana
5°42′N 3°0′W  Ivory Coast
5°6′N 3°0′W  Ghana
5°4′N 3°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 3°0′W Southern Ocean
70°18′S 3°0′W Antarctica Queen Maud Land — claimed by  Norway

See also
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