12th meridian west

The meridian 12° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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12th meridian west

The 12th meridian west forms a great circle with the 168th meridian east.

Part of the border between Western Sahara and Mauritania is defined by the meridian.

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