title: 27th meridian west
text: # 27th meridian west
  
  The meridian 27° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
  
  The 27th meridian west forms a great circle with the 153rd meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 27th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 27.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -27.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 83°27′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.450°N 27.000°W﻿ / 83.450; -27.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Daly Range (Northern Peary Land) 83°9′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.150°N 27.000°W﻿ / 83.150; -27.000﻿ (Frederick E. Hyde Fjord) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord 83°3′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿83.050°N 27.000°W﻿ / 83.050; -27.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Melville Land (Southern Peary Land) 82°11′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.183°N 27.000°W﻿ / 82.183; -27.000﻿ (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord 82°2′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿82.033°N 27.000°W﻿ / 82.033; -27.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Mainland, the island of Milne Land and the mainland again 68°38′N 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.633°N 27.000°W﻿ / 68.633; -27.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal (at 38°42′N 27°2′W﻿ / ﻿38.700°N 27.033°W﻿ / 38.700; -27.033﻿ (Terceira Island)) Passing just east of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 56°43′S 27°4′W﻿ / ﻿56.717°S 27.067°W﻿ / -56.717; -27.067﻿ (Visokoi Island)) Passing just west of Vindication Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 57°6′S 26°48′W﻿ / ﻿57.100°S 26.800°W﻿ / -57.100; -26.800﻿ (Vindication Island)) Passing just west of Bristol Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 59°2′S 26°40′W﻿ / ﻿59.033°S 26.667°W﻿ / -59.033; -26.667﻿ (Bristol Island)) Passing just east of Bellingshausen Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at 59°26′S 27°4′W﻿ / ﻿59.433°S 27.067°W﻿ / -59.433; -27.067﻿ (Bellingshausen Island)) 60°0′S 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 27.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -27.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 76°0′S 27°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.000°S 27.000°W﻿ / -76.000; -27.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
  