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The meridian 10° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Ireland, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
Between 1939 and 1945 the meridian defined the western limit of New Swabia, Nazi Germany's Antarctic territorial claim.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 10th meridian west passes through:
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Country, territory or sea Notes Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 
IrelandMullet Peninsula, Achill Island, Clare Island and Connemara Atlantic Ocean IrelandDingle, Iveragh and Beara Peninsulas Atlantic Ocean 
MoroccoWestern Sahara Claimed by Morocco
Mauritania
Mali
Guinea
LiberiaAtlantic Ocean 
Saint HelenaGough Island Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by 
Norway
External Links
- [1], 10th meridian west at MSN maps
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