From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 8th meridian west passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 8°0′W / 90.000°N 8.000°W / 90.000; -8.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 82°5′N 8°0′W / 82.083°N 8.000°W / 82.083; -8.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 71°9′N 8°0′W / 71.150°N 8.000°W / 71.150; -8.000 (Norway) Norway Island of Jan Mayen 71°1′N 8°0′W / 71.017°N 8.000°W / 71.017; -8.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Mykines, Faroe Islands (at 62°6′N 7°40′W / 62.100°N 7.667°W / 62.100; -7.667 (Mykines))
Passing just west of the Monach Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 57°31′N 7°40′W / 57.517°N 7.667°W / 57.517; -7.667 (Monach Islands))
Passing just west of the island of Mingulay, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 56°48′N 7°40′W / 56.800°N 7.667°W / 56.800; -7.667 (Mingulay))55°13′N 8°0′W / 55.217°N 8.000°W / 55.217; -8.000 (Ireland) Ireland 54°32′N 8°0′W / 54.533°N 8.000°W / 54.533; -8.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Northern Ireland 54°21′N 8°0′W / 54.350°N 8.000°W / 54.350; -8.000 (Ireland) Ireland 51°51′N 8°0′W / 51.850°N 8.000°W / 51.850; -8.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 43°42′N 8°0′W / 43.700°N 8.000°W / 43.700; -8.000 (Spain) Spain 41°50′N 8°0′W / 41.833°N 8.000°W / 41.833; -8.000 (Portugal) Portugal 37°0′N 8°0′W / 37.000°N 8.000°W / 37.000; -8.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 33°28′N 8°0′W / 33.467°N 8.000°W / 33.467; -8.000 (Morocco) Morocco 29°7′N 8°0′W / 29.117°N 8.000°W / 29.117; -8.000 (Algeria) Algeria 26°55′N 8°0′W / 26.917°N 8.000°W / 26.917; -8.000 (Mauritania) Mauritania 15°30′N 8°0′W / 15.500°N 8.000°W / 15.500; -8.000 (Mali) Mali 10°20′N 8°0′W / 10.333°N 8.000°W / 10.333; -8.000 (Guinea) Guinea 10°8′N 8°0′W / 10.133°N 8.000°W / 10.133; -8.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Ivory Coast 9°24′N 8°0′W / 9.400°N 8.000°W / 9.400; -8.000 (Guinea) Guinea 8°29′N 8°0′W / 8.483°N 8.000°W / 8.483; -8.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Ivory Coast 8°12′N 8°0′W / 8.200°N 8.000°W / 8.200; -8.000 (Guinea) Guinea For about 3km 8°10′N 8°0′W / 8.167°N 8.000°W / 8.167; -8.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Ivory Coast For about 9km 8°5′N 8°0′W / 8.083°N 8.000°W / 8.083; -8.000 (Guinea) Guinea For about 6km 8°2′N 8°0′W / 8.033°N 8.000°W / 8.033; -8.000 (Côte d'Ivoire) Ivory Coast 6°19′N 8°0′W / 6.317°N 8.000°W / 6.317; -8.000 (Liberia) Liberia 4°31′N 8°0′W / 4.517°N 8.000°W / 4.517; -8.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 8°0′W / 60.000°S 8.000°W / -60.000; -8.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 70°40′S 8°0′W / 70.667°S 8.000°W / -70.667; -8.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway
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“Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole!
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
That slid into my soul.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“I wouldn’t take the Pope too seriously. He’s a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.”
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