from cartopy.mpl.ticker import LatitudeFormatter, LongitudeFormatter fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection=ccrs.Miller()) ax.set_global() ax.coastlines() ax.gridlines() ax.set_xticks(np.linspace(-180, 180, 7), crs=ccrs.PlateCarree()) ax.set_yticks(np.linspace(-90, 90, 7), crs=ccrs.PlateCarree()) lon_formatter = LongitudeFormatter() lat_formatter = LatitudeFormatter() ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(lon_formatter) ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(lat_formatter) ax.tick_params('both', length=0)