title: 7th meridian west
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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
  