7th meridian west

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.

The 7th meridian west forms a great circle with the 173rd meridian east.
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
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
 Faroe Islands Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur
Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the islands of Sandoy and Suðuroy,  Faroe Islands
 United Kingdom Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris
Atlantic Ocean Little Minch
Sea of the Hebrides
passing just west of the island of Tiree, Scotland,  United Kingdom
and into an unnamed part of the ocean
 Ireland Inishowen peninsula
Lough Foyle
 United Kingdom Northern Ireland
 Ireland
Atlantic Ocean Celtic Sea
an unnamed part of the ocean
Bay of Biscay
 Spain
 Portugal
 Spain For about 11 km
 Portugal
 Spain
 Portugal
 Spain
 Portugal
 Spain
Atlantic Ocean
 Morocco Passing just west of Rabat
 Algeria
 Mauritania
 Mali
 Côte d'Ivoire
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also