6th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
6°
6th meridian west

The meridian 6° 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 6th meridian west forms a great circle with the 174th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 6th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of Fugloy,  Faroe Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of the island of Svínoy,  Faroe Islands (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of the island of North Rona, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of the island of Sula Sgeir, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Minch Passing just east of the isle of Lewis, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Scotland — islands of South Rona, Raasay, Scalpay, Skye
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Scotland — peninsulas of Ardnamurchan and Morvern, and the Isle of Mull
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Firth of Lorn
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Scotland — island of Jura
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Sound of Jura — passing just east of the island of Islay, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
North Channel — passing just east of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Northern Ireland — passing just west of Belfast (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Irish Sea Passing just east of Lambay Island,  Ireland (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of Howth Head,  Ireland (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. near Dublin)
Passing just east of Wicklow Head,  Ireland (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Celtic Sea — passing just west of Land's End, England,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
— passing just east of the Isles of Scilly, England,  United Kingdom (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
through an unnamed part of the ocean — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
and into the Bay of Biscay — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Spain
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Morocco
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Algeria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ivory Coast
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the island of  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

See also

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