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Harwick Head, a sea-bird reserve, in Orkney
Harwick Head, a sea-bird reserve, in Orkney, looking along the cliffs to the North Sea

The meridian line cuts through the Arctic, North and Mediterranean Seas in the northern hemisphere, and the South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean, in the southern hemisphere.

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Photo: M Stecuik/WWF UK