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====List of places==== {{geoGroup}} On Earth, starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the IERS Reference Meridian (as of 2016) passes through 8 countries, 4 seas, 3 oceans and 1 channel: [[File:Meridian-International.svg|thumb|The prime meridian on a globe]] [[File:Panneau du méridien de Greenwich à Parnay .jpg|thumb|The prime meridian sign in [[Parnay, Maine-et-Loire]], France.]] [[File:Prime Meridian Line, Longitude 0.jpg|thumb|Prime meridian sign near [[Somanya]], Ghana.]] {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Co-ordinates<br />(approximate) ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=North Pole}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[North Pole]] and [[Arctic Ocean]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|85|46|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Greenland (Denmark)}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ|Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)]] of [[Greenland]] ([[Danish Realm|Denmark]]) | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|81|39|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Greenland Sea}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Greenland Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|80|29|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Svalbard (Norway)}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Svalbard]] ([[Norway]]) | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|76|11|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=International waters}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[International waters]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|73|44|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Jan Mayen}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Jan Mayen]] ([[Norway]]) | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|72|53|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Norwegian Sea}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Norwegian Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|7|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=International waters}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[International waters]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|64|42|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Norway}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Norway]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|63|29|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Great Britain}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Great Britain]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|61|0|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=North Sea}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[North Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{Coord|53|46|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=United Kingdom}} ! scope="row" | {{UK}} | From [[Tunstall, East Riding of Yorkshire|Tunstall in East Riding]] to [[Peacehaven]], passing through [[Greenwich]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|47|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=English Channel}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[English Channel]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of Great Britain |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|14|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of France}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[English Channel]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[France]] |- | {{Coord|49|20|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=France}} ! scope="row" | {{FRA}} | From [[Villers-sur-Mer]] to [[Gavarnie]] |- | {{Coord|42|41|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Spain}} ! scope="row" | {{ESP}} | From [[Cilindro de Marboré]] to [[Castellón de la Plana]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|39|56|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Mediterranean Sea}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Valencia]]; [[EEZ]] of [[Spain]] |- | {{Coord|38|52|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Spain}} ! scope="row" | {{ESP}} | From [[El Verger]] to [[Calp]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|38|38|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Mediterranean Sea}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Spain]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|37|1|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Algeria}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Algeria]] |- | {{Coord|35|50|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Algeria}} ! scope="row" | {{DZA}} |From [[Stidia]] to Algeria-Mali border near [[Bordj Badji Mokhtar]] |- | {{Coord|21|52|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Mali}} ! scope="row" | {{MLI}} | Passing through [[Gao]] |- | {{Coord|15|00|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Burkina Faso}} ! scope="row" | {{BFA}} | For about {{Convert|432|km|abbr=on}}, running through [[Cinkassé]]. |- | {{Coord|11|7|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Togo}} ! scope="row" | {{TOG}} | For about {{Convert|3.4|km|abbr=on}} |- | {{Coord|11|6|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Ghana}} ! scope="row" | {{GHA}} | For about {{Convert|16|km|4=0|abbr=on}} |- | {{Coord|10|58|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Togo}} ! scope="row" | {{TOG}} | For about {{Convert|39|km|abbr=on}} |- | {{Coord|10|37|N|0|0|E|type:country|name=Ghana}} ! scope="row" | {{GHA}} | From the Togo-Ghana border near [[Bunkpurugu]] to [[Tema]]<br>Passing through [[Lake Volta]] at {{coord|7|46|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody_region:GH|name=Lake Volta}} |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|5|37|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Ghana in Atlantic Ocean}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" rowspan="5" | [[Atlantic Ocean]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Ghana]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|1|58|N|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=International waters}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[International waters]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|0|0|N|0|0|E|type:landmark|name=Equator}} | scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the [[Equator]] (see [[Null Island]]) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|51|43|S|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=EEZ of Bouvet Island}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[EEZ]] of [[Bouvet Island]] ([[Norway]]) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|57|13|S|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=International waters}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[International waters]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|0|0|E|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}} ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]] ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[International waters]] |- | {{Coord|69|36|S|0|0|E|type:country|name=Antarctica}} ! scope="row" | [[Antarctica]] | [[Queen Maud Land]], [[List of Antarctic territorial claims|claimed]] by {{NOR}} |- | {{Coord|90|0|S|0|0|E|type:city|name=Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station}} ! scope="row" | [[Antarctica]] | [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]], [[South Pole]] |- |}
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