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

• 2nd meridian west
• 4th meridian west