7th Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

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; -7.000
55°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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