Coordinates: 0°S 20°W / 0°S 20°W
The meridian 20° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 20th meridian west forms a great circle with the 160th meridian east.
In Antarctica, the meridian defines the border between the British Antarctic Territory and Queen Maud Land. Between the 5th parallel north and the 60th parallel south it forms the eastern boundary of the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 20th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 20°0′W / 90°N 20°W Arctic Ocean 81°33′N 20°0′W / 81.55°N 20°W 
Greenland78°49′N 20°0′W / 78.817°N 20°W Jøkelbugten 77°59′N 20°0′W / 77.983°N 20°W GreenlandGamma Island and Germania Land 76°55′N 20°0′W / 76.917°N 20°W Dove Bay 76°15′N 20°0′W / 76.25°N 20°W GreenlandMainland, Kuhn Island, and the mainland again 74°16′N 20°0′W / 74.267°N 20°W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 66°2′N 20°0′W / 66.033°N 20°W 
Iceland63°32′N 20°0′W / 63.533°N 20°W Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 20°0′W / 60°S 20°W Southern Ocean 73°25′S 20°0′W / 73.417°S 20°W Antarctica Border between the Antarctic territorial claims of the 
United Kingdom and 
Norway
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