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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

See also

• 15th meridian west
• 17th meridian west

References