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16th meridian west
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 16° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 2025 en 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:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 81 45 N 16 0 W type:country Greenland
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|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 80 21 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
|-
| 66 31 N 16 0 W type:country Iceland
! scope="row" |
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|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 64 7 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Porto Santo Island, (at 33 5 N 16 17 W type:isle Porto Santo Island) Passing just west of Selvagem Grande Island, (at 30 8 N 15 52 W type:isle Selvagem Grande Island) Passing just east of Selvagem Pequena Island, (at 30 2 N 16 2 W type:isle Selvagem Pequena Island) Passing just east of the islands of Tenerife, (at 28 33 N 16 7 W type:isle Tenerife) Passing just west of the island of Gran Canaria, (at 27 55 N 15 49 W type:isle Gran Canaria)
|-
| 23 39 N 16 0 W type:country Western Sahara
! scope="row" | Western Sahara
| Dakhla peninsula — claimed by
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 23 38 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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| 23 22 N 16 0 W type:country Western Sahara
! scope="row" | Western Sahara
| Claimed by
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| 21 20 N 16 0 W type:country Mauritania
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| Passing through Nouakchott (at 18 6 N 16 0 W type:city Nouakchott)
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| 16 30 N 16 0 W type:country Senegal
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| 13 35 N 16 0 W type:country Gambia
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| 13 10 N 16 0 W type:country Senegal
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| 12 27 N 16 0 W type:country Guinea-Bissau
! scope="row" |
| Mainland and Ilha de Pecixe
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 48 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 11 34 N 16 0 W type:country Guinea-Bissau
! scope="row" |
| Bissagos Islands
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11 2 N 16 0 W type:waterbody Atlantic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 16 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 72 18 S 16 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Queen Maud Land, claimed by
|-
|}
See also
15th meridian west
17th meridian west
References
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