16th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
16°
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
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.  Greenland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Iceland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Porto Santo Island,  Portugal (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Passing just west of Selvagem Grande Island,  Portugal (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of Selvagem Pequena Island,  Portugal (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just east of the islands of Tenerife,  Spain (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of the island of Gran Canaria,  Spain (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. Western Sahara Dakhla peninsula — claimed by  Morocco
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. Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania Passing through Nouakchott
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Senegal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Gambia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Senegal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea-Bissau Mainland and Ilha de Pecixe
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.  Guinea-Bissau Bissagos Islands
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. 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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