7th meridian west

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7th meridian west

The meridian 7° 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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The 7th meridian west forms a great circle with the 173rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 7th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
90°0′N7°0′W / 90.000°N 7.000°W / 90.000; -7.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
82°2′N7°0′W / 82.033°N 7.000°W / 82.033; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
62°20′N7°0′W / 62.333°N 7.000°W / 62.333; -7.000 (Faroe Islands) Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur
62°5′N7°0′W / 62.083°N 7.000°W / 62.083; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Sandoy, Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands (at 61°55′N6°56′W / 61.917°N 6.933°W / 61.917; -6.933 (Sandoy) )
Passing just west of the island of Suðuroy, Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands (at 61°38′N7°0′W / 61.633°N 7.000°W / 61.633; -7.000 (Suðuroy) )
58°14′N7°0′W / 58.233°N 7.000°W / 58.233; -7.000 (United Kingdom) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris
57°45′N7°0′W / 57.750°N 7.000°W / 57.750; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Little Minch
Sea of the Hebrides — from about 57°55′N7°0′W / 57.917°N 7.000°W / 57.917; -7.000 (Sea of the Hebrides)
passing just west of the island of Tiree, Scotland, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (at 56°30′N6°59′W / 56.500°N 6.983°W / 56.500; -6.983 (Tiree) )
and into an unnamed part of the ocean — from 56°30′N7°0′W / 56.500°N 7.000°W / 56.500; -7.000
55°16′N7°0′W / 55.267°N 7.000°W / 55.267; -7.000 (Ireland) Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Inishowen peninsula
55°12′N7°0′W / 55.200°N 7.000°W / 55.200; -7.000 (Lough Foyle) Lough Foyle
55°6′N7°0′W / 55.100°N 7.000°W / 55.100; -7.000 (United Kingdom) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Northern Ireland
54°24′N7°0′W / 54.400°N 7.000°W / 54.400; -7.000 (Ireland) Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
52°8′N7°0′W / 52.133°N 7.000°W / 52.133; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Celtic Sea
an unnamed part of the ocean — from 47°9′N7°0′W / 47.150°N 7.000°W / 47.150; -7.000
Bay of Biscay — from 44°50′N7°0′W / 44.833°N 7.000°W / 44.833; -7.000 (Bay of Biscay)
43°33′N7°0′W / 43.550°N 7.000°W / 43.550; -7.000 (Spain) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
41°57′N7°0′W / 41.950°N 7.000°W / 41.950; -7.000 (Portugal) Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
40°14′N7°0′W / 40.233°N 7.000°W / 40.233; -7.000 (Spain) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain For about 11 km
40°7′N7°0′W / 40.117°N 7.000°W / 40.117; -7.000 (Portugal) Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
39°42′N7°0′W / 39.700°N 7.000°W / 39.700; -7.000 (Spain) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
39°5′N7°0′W / 39.083°N 7.000°W / 39.083; -7.000 (Portugal) Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
38°58′N7°0′W / 38.967°N 7.000°W / 38.967; -7.000 (Spain) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
38°12′N7°0′W / 38.200°N 7.000°W / 38.200; -7.000 (Portugal) Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
38°1′N7°0′W / 38.017°N 7.000°W / 38.017; -7.000 (Spain) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
37°11′N7°0′W / 37.183°N 7.000°W / 37.183; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
33°54′N7°0′W / 33.900°N 7.000°W / 33.900; -7.000 (Morocco) Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Passing just west of Rabat (at 34°1′N6°50′W / 34.017°N 6.833°W / 34.017; -6.833 (Rabat) )
29°39′N7°0′W / 29.650°N 7.000°W / 29.650; -7.000 (Algeria) Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
26°20′N7°0′W / 26.333°N 7.000°W / 26.333; -7.000 (Mauritania) Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
15°30′N7°0′W / 15.500°N 7.000°W / 15.500; -7.000 (Mali) Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
10°11′N7°0′W / 10.183°N 7.000°W / 10.183; -7.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
4°34′N7°0′W / 4.567°N 7.000°W / 4.567; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S7°0′W / 60.000°S 7.000°W / -60.000; -7.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
70°24′S7°0′W / 70.400°S 7.000°W / -70.400; -7.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

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