13th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
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13th meridian west

The meridian 13° west of

Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole
.

The 13th meridian west forms a great circle with the 167th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 13th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 13°0′W / 90.000°N 13.000°W / 90.000; -13.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°42′N 13°0′W / 81.700°N 13.000°W / 81.700; -13.000 (Greenland)  Greenland
81°6′N 13°0′W / 81.100°N 13.000°W / 81.100; -13.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
27°50′N 13°0′W / 27.833°N 13.000°W / 27.833; -13.000 (Morocco)  Morocco
27°40′N 13°0′W / 27.667°N 13.000°W / 27.667; -13.000 (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
23°9′N 13°0′W / 23.150°N 13.000°W / 23.150; -13.000 (Mauritania)  Mauritania
15°29′N 13°0′W / 15.483°N 13.000°W / 15.483; -13.000 (Senegal)  Senegal
12°28′N 13°0′W / 12.467°N 13.000°W / 12.467; -13.000 (Guinea)  Guinea
9°6′N 13°0′W / 9.100°N 13.000°W / 9.100; -13.000 (Sierra Leone)  Sierra Leone
8°14′N 13°0′W / 8.233°N 13.000°W / 8.233; -13.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
7°36′N 13°0′W / 7.600°N 13.000°W / 7.600; -13.000 (Sierra Leone)  Sierra Leone Turtle Islands
7°35′N 13°0′W / 7.583°N 13.000°W / 7.583; -13.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha,  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (at 37°18′S 12°43′W / 37.300°S 12.717°W / -37.300; -12.717 (Inaccessible Island))
60°0′S 13°0′W / 60.000°S 13.000°W / -60.000; -13.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
71°46′S 13°0′W / 71.767°S 13.000°W / -71.767; -13.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Norway

See also