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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -6°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 81.96667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the island of Fugloy, 🇫🇴 (at 62.33333°N, -6.25°W) Passing just east of the island of Svínoy, 🇫🇴 (at 62.28333°N, -6.28333°W) Passing just west of the island of North Rona, Scotland, (at 59.11667°N, -5.83333°W) Passing just east of the island of Sula Sgeir, Scotland,  (at 59.1°N, -6.15°W)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58.53333°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of the isle of Lewis, Scotland, (at 58.25°N, -6.13333°W)
 * 57.55°N, -6°W
 * 57.55°N, -6°W
 * Scotland — islands of South Rona, Raasay, Scalpay, Skye
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57.01667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57.01667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of the Hebrides
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 * 56.76667°N, -6°W
 * Scotland — peninsulas of Ardnamurchan and Morvern, and the Isle of Mull
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56.31667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56.31667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Firth of Lorn
 * 55.98333°N, -6°W
 * 55.98333°N, -6°W
 * Scotland — island of Jura
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 55.8°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sound of Jura — passing just east of the island of Islay, Scotland, (at 55.68333°N, -6.03333°W) North Channel — passing just east of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland,  (at 55.3°N, -6.16667°W)
 * 55.05°N, -6°W
 * 55.05°N, -6°W
 * Northern Ireland — passing just west of Belfast (at 54.6°N, -5.93333°W)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 54.05°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Lambay Island, 🇮🇪 (at 53.48333°N, -6°W) Passing just east of Howth Head, 🇮🇪 (at 53.38333°N, -6.05°W near Dublin) Passing just east of Wicklow Head, 🇮🇪 (at 52.96667°N, -6°W)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 51.93333°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Celtic Sea — passing just west of Land's End, England, (at 50.06667°N, -5.71667°W) — passing just east of the Isles of Scilly, England,  (at 49.95°N, -6.26667°W) through an unnamed part of the ocean — from 46.7°N, -6°W and into the Bay of Biscay — from 45.98333°N, -6°W
 * 43.58333°N, -6°W
 * 43.58333°N, -6°W
 * Passing just west of Seville (at 37.38333°N, -5.98333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 36.18333°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 36.18333°N, -6°W
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 * 35.56667°N, -6°W
 * 35.56667°N, -6°W
 * 29.75°N, -6°W
 * 29.75°N, -6°W
 * 29.75°N, -6°W
 * 25.73333°N, -6°W
 * 25.73333°N, -6°W
 * 25.73333°N, -6°W
 * 25°N, -6°W
 * 25°N, -6°W
 * 25°N, -6°W
 * 20.08333°N, -6°W
 * 20.08333°N, -6°W
 * 20.08333°N, -6°W
 * 15.5°N, -6°W
 * 15.5°N, -6°W
 * 15.5°N, -6°W
 * 10.21667°N, -6°W
 * 10.21667°N, -6°W
 * 10.21667°N, -6°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.96667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 4.96667°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of the island of 🇸🇭 (at -15.98333°N, -5.78333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -6°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -6°W
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 * -70.4°N, -6°W
 * -70.4°N, -6°W
 * Queen Maud Land, claimed by 🇳🇴
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