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.

Line across the Earth
7th meridian west

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-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 7°0′W Arctic Ocean
82°2′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean
62°20′N 7°0′W  Faroe Islands Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur
62°5′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Sandoy,  Faroe Islands (at 61°55′N 6°56′W)
Passing just west of the island of Suðuroy,  Faroe Islands (at 61°38′N 7°0′W)
58°14′N 7°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris
57°45′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean Little Minch
Sea of the Hebrides — from about 57°55′N 7°0′W
passing just west of the island of Tiree, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at 56°30′N 6°59′W)
and into an unnamed part of the ocean — from 56°30′N 7°0′W
55°16′N 7°0′W  Ireland Inishowen peninsula
55°12′N 7°0′W Lough Foyle
55°6′N 7°0′W  United Kingdom Northern Ireland
54°24′N 7°0′W  Ireland
52°8′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean Celtic Sea
an unnamed part of the ocean — from 47°9′N 7°0′W
Bay of Biscay — from 44°50′N 7°0′W
43°33′N 7°0′W  Spain
41°57′N 7°0′W  Portugal
40°14′N 7°0′W  Spain For about 11 km
40°7′N 7°0′W  Portugal
39°42′N 7°0′W  Spain
39°5′N 7°0′W  Portugal
38°58′N 7°0′W  Spain
38°12′N 7°0′W  Portugal
38°1′N 7°0′W  Spain
37°11′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean
33°54′N 7°0′W  Morocco Passing just west of Rabat (at 34°1′N 6°50′W)
29°39′N 7°0′W  Algeria
26°20′N 7°0′W  Mauritania
15°30′N 7°0′W  Mali
10°11′N 7°0′W  Ivory Coast
4°34′N 7°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 7°0′W Southern Ocean
70°24′S 7°0′W Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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