7th meridian west

The meridian 7° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude^[1] 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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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

• 6th meridian west
• 8th meridian west