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7th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

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:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of Suðuroy, (at ) |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides — from about passing just west of the island of Tiree, Scotland, (at ) and into an unnamed part of the ocean — from |- | ! scope="row" |

Inishowen peninsula
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"
-

| ! scope="row" |

Northern Ireland

| ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean an unnamed part of the ocean — from Bay of Biscay — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

For about 11 km

| ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Passing just west of Rabat (at )

| ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Queen Maud Land, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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