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 |
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90°0′N 7°0′W / 90.000°N 7.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
82°2′N 7°0′W / 82.033°N 7.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
62°20′N 7°0′W / 62.333°N 7.000°W | Faroe Islands | Islands of Eysturoy, Streymoy and Koltur |
62°5′N 7°0′W / 62.083°N 7.000°W | 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) Passing just west of the island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands (at 61°38′N 7°0′W / 61.633°N 7.000°W) |
58°14′N 7°0′W / 58.233°N 7.000°W | United Kingdom | Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris |
57°45′N 7°0′W / 57.750°N 7.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | Little Minch Sea of the Hebrides — from about 57°55′N 7°0′W / 57.917°N 7.000°W passing just west of the island of Tiree, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 56°30′N 6°59′W / 56.500°N 6.983°W) and into an unnamed part of the ocean — from 56°30′N 7°0′W / 56.500°N 7.000°W |
55°16′N 7°0′W / 55.267°N 7.000°W | Ireland | Inishowen peninsula |
55°12′N 7°0′W / 55.200°N 7.000°W | Lough Foyle | |
55°6′N 7°0′W / 55.100°N 7.000°W | United Kingdom | Northern Ireland |
54°24′N 7°0′W / 54.400°N 7.000°W | Ireland | |
52°8′N 7°0′W / 52.133°N 7.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | Celtic Sea an unnamed part of the ocean — from 47°9′N 7°0′W / 47.150°N 7.000°W Bay of Biscay — from 44°50′N 7°0′W / 44.833°N 7.000°W |
43°33′N 7°0′W / 43.550°N 7.000°W | Spain | |
41°57′N 7°0′W / 41.950°N 7.000°W | Portugal | |
40°14′N 7°0′W / 40.233°N 7.000°W | Spain | For about 11 km |
40°7′N 7°0′W / 40.117°N 7.000°W | Portugal | |
39°42′N 7°0′W / 39.700°N 7.000°W | Spain | |
39°5′N 7°0′W / 39.083°N 7.000°W | Portugal | |
38°58′N 7°0′W / 38.967°N 7.000°W | Spain | |
38°12′N 7°0′W / 38.200°N 7.000°W | Portugal | |
38°1′N 7°0′W / 38.017°N 7.000°W | Spain | |
37°11′N 7°0′W / 37.183°N 7.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
33°54′N 7°0′W / 33.900°N 7.000°W | Morocco | Passing just west of Rabat (at 34°1′N 6°50′W / 34.017°N 6.833°W) |
29°39′N 7°0′W / 29.650°N 7.000°W | Algeria | |
26°20′N 7°0′W / 26.333°N 7.000°W | Mauritania | |
15°30′N 7°0′W / 15.500°N 7.000°W | Mali | |
10°11′N 7°0′W / 10.183°N 7.000°W | Ivory Coast | |
4°34′N 7°0′W / 4.567°N 7.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
60°0′S 7°0′W / 60.000°S 7.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
70°24′S 7°0′W / 70.400°S 7.000°W | Antarctica | Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway |