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.

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16th meridian west

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 Arctic Ocean
81°45′N 16°0′W  Greenland
80°21′N 16°0′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
66°31′N 16°0′W  Iceland
64°7′N 16°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Porto Santo Island,  Portugal (at 33°5′N 16°17′W)
Passing just west of Selvagem Grande Island,  Portugal (at 30°8′N 15°52′W)
Passing just east of Selvagem Pequena Island,  Portugal (at 30°2′N 16°2′W)
Passing just east of the islands of Tenerife,  Spain (at 28°33′N 16°7′W)
Passing just west of the island of Gran Canaria,  Spain (at 27°55′N 15°49′W)
23°39′N 16°0′W Western Sahara Dakhla peninsula — claimed by  Morocco
23°38′N 16°0′W Atlantic Ocean
23°22′N 16°0′W Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
21°20′N 16°0′W  Mauritania Passing through Nouakchott (at 18°6′N 16°0′W)
16°30′N 16°0′W  Senegal
13°35′N 16°0′W  Gambia
13°10′N 16°0′W  Senegal
12°27′N 16°0′W  Guinea-Bissau Mainland and Ilha de Pecixe
11°48′N 16°0′W Atlantic Ocean
11°34′N 16°0′W  Guinea-Bissau Bissagos Islands
11°2′N 16°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 16°0′W Southern Ocean
72°18′S 16°0′W Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

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