7th meridian west
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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.
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 / 90.000°N 7.000°W / 90.000; -7.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°2′N 7°0′W / 82.033°N 7.000°W / 82.033; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 62°20′N 7°0′W / 62.333°N 7.000°W / 62.333; -7.000 (Faroe Islands) Faroe Islands
Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur 62°5′N 7°0′W / 62.083°N 7.000°W / 62.083; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Sandoy, Faroe Islands (at 61°55′N 6°56′W / 61.917°N 6.933°W / 61.917; -6.933 (Sandoy))
Passing just west of the island of Suðuroy,Faroe Islands (at 61°38′N 7°0′W / 61.633°N 7.000°W / 61.633; -7.000 (Suðuroy))
58°14′N 7°0′W / 58.233°N 7.000°W / 58.233; -7.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom
Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris 57°45′N 7°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′N 7°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,United Kingdom (at 56°30′N 6°59′W / 56.500°N 6.983°W / 56.500; -6.983 (Tiree))
and into an unnamed part of the ocean — from 56°30′N 7°0′W / 56.500°N 7.000°W / 56.500; -7.00055°16′N 7°0′W / 55.267°N 7.000°W / 55.267; -7.000 (Ireland) Ireland
Inishowen peninsula 55°12′N 7°0′W / 55.200°N 7.000°W / 55.200; -7.000 (Lough Foyle) Lough Foyle 55°6′N 7°0′W / 55.100°N 7.000°W / 55.100; -7.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom
Northern Ireland 54°24′N 7°0′W / 54.400°N 7.000°W / 54.400; -7.000 (Ireland) Ireland
52°8′N 7°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′N 7°0′W / 47.150°N 7.000°W / 47.150; -7.000
Bay of Biscay — from 44°50′N 7°0′W / 44.833°N 7.000°W / 44.833; -7.000 (Bay of Biscay)43°33′N 7°0′W / 43.550°N 7.000°W / 43.550; -7.000 (Spain) Spain
41°57′N 7°0′W / 41.950°N 7.000°W / 41.950; -7.000 (Portugal) Portugal
40°14′N 7°0′W / 40.233°N 7.000°W / 40.233; -7.000 (Spain) Spain
For about 11 km 40°7′N 7°0′W / 40.117°N 7.000°W / 40.117; -7.000 (Portugal) Portugal
39°42′N 7°0′W / 39.700°N 7.000°W / 39.700; -7.000 (Spain) Spain
39°5′N 7°0′W / 39.083°N 7.000°W / 39.083; -7.000 (Portugal) Portugal
38°58′N 7°0′W / 38.967°N 7.000°W / 38.967; -7.000 (Spain) Spain
38°12′N 7°0′W / 38.200°N 7.000°W / 38.200; -7.000 (Portugal) Portugal
38°1′N 7°0′W / 38.017°N 7.000°W / 38.017; -7.000 (Spain) Spain
37°11′N 7°0′W / 37.183°N 7.000°W / 37.183; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 33°54′N 7°0′W / 33.900°N 7.000°W / 33.900; -7.000 (Morocco) Morocco
Passing just west of Rabat (at 34°1′N 6°50′W / 34.017°N 6.833°W / 34.017; -6.833 (Rabat)) 29°39′N 7°0′W / 29.650°N 7.000°W / 29.650; -7.000 (Algeria) Algeria
26°20′N 7°0′W / 26.333°N 7.000°W / 26.333; -7.000 (Mauritania) Mauritania
15°30′N 7°0′W / 15.500°N 7.000°W / 15.500; -7.000 (Mali) Mali
10°11′N 7°0′W / 10.183°N 7.000°W / 10.183; -7.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Ivory Coast
4°34′N 7°0′W / 4.567°N 7.000°W / 4.567; -7.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 7°0′W / 60.000°S 7.000°W / -60.000; -7.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 70°24′S 7°0′W / 70.400°S 7.000°W / -70.400; -7.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway
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