title: 16th meridian west
text: # 16th meridian west
  
  The meridian 16° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
  
  The 16th meridian west forms a great circle with the 164th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 16th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 16.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -16.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°45′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿81.750°N 16.000°W﻿ / 81.750; -16.000﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland 80°21′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿80.350°N 16.000°W﻿ / 80.350; -16.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 66°31′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.517°N 16.000°W﻿ / 66.517; -16.000﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland 64°7′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.117°N 16.000°W﻿ / 64.117; -16.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Porto Santo Island, Portugal (at 33°5′N 16°17′W﻿ / ﻿33.083°N 16.283°W﻿ / 33.083; -16.283﻿ (Porto Santo Island)) Passing just west of Selvagem Grande Island, Portugal (at 30°8′N 15°52′W﻿ / ﻿30.133°N 15.867°W﻿ / 30.133; -15.867﻿ (Selvagem Grande Island)) Passing just east of Selvagem Pequena Island, Portugal (at 30°2′N 16°2′W﻿ / ﻿30.033°N 16.033°W﻿ / 30.033; -16.033﻿ (Selvagem Pequena Island)) Passing just east of the islands of Tenerife, Spain (at 28°33′N 16°7′W﻿ / ﻿28.550°N 16.117°W﻿ / 28.550; -16.117﻿ (Tenerife)) Passing just west of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain (at 27°55′N 15°49′W﻿ / ﻿27.917°N 15.817°W﻿ / 27.917; -15.817﻿ (Gran Canaria)) 23°39′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.650°N 16.000°W﻿ / 23.650; -16.000﻿ (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Dakhla peninsula — claimed by Morocco 23°38′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.633°N 16.000°W﻿ / 23.633; -16.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 23°22′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿23.367°N 16.000°W﻿ / 23.367; -16.000﻿ (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Claimed by Morocco 21°20′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿21.333°N 16.000°W﻿ / 21.333; -16.000﻿ (Mauritania)  Mauritania Passing through Nouakchott (at 18°6′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.100°N 16.000°W﻿ / 18.100; -16.000﻿ (Nouakchott)) 16°30′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿16.500°N 16.000°W﻿ / 16.500; -16.000﻿ (Senegal)  Senegal 13°35′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.583°N 16.000°W﻿ / 13.583; -16.000﻿ (Gambia)  Gambia 13°10′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿13.167°N 16.000°W﻿ / 13.167; -16.000﻿ (Senegal)  Senegal 12°27′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿12.450°N 16.000°W﻿ / 12.450; -16.000﻿ (Guinea-Bissau)  Guinea-Bissau Mainland and Ilha de Pecixe 11°48′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.800°N 16.000°W﻿ / 11.800; -16.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 11°34′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.567°N 16.000°W﻿ / 11.567; -16.000﻿ (Guinea-Bissau)  Guinea-Bissau Bissagos Islands 11°2′N 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿11.033°N 16.000°W﻿ / 11.033; -16.000﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′S 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 16.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -16.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 72°18′S 16°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.300°S 16.000°W﻿ / -72.300; -16.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway
  