1st meridian west

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1st meridian west

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The meridian 1° 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

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The 1st meridian west forms a great circle with the 179th meridian east.

It is the most populous meridian west of

Greenwich, being home to between 41.2 million and 44.9 million people as of 2019.^[1]

From pole to pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 1st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 1°0′W / 90.000°N 1.000°W / 90.000; -1.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
81°42′N 1°0′W / 81.700°N 1.000°W / 81.700; -1.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°42′N 1°0′W / 60.700°N 1.000°W / 60.700; -1.000 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Scotland — islands of Yell and Hascosay, Shetland
60°36′N 1°0′W / 60.600°N 1.000°W / 60.600; -1.000 (North Sea)	North Sea
60°22′N 1°0′W / 60.367°N 1.000°W / 60.367; -1.000 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Scotland — island of Whalsay, Shetland
60°20′N 1°0′W / 60.333°N 1.000°W / 60.333; -1.000 (North Sea)	North Sea	Passing just east of the Isle of Noss, Scotland, United Kingdom (at 60°8′N 1°1′W / 60.133°N 1.017°W / 60.133; -1.017 (Noss))
54°36′N 1°0′W / 54.600°N 1.000°W / 54.600; -1.000 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	England — making landfall just west of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire
50°47′N 1°0′W / 50.783°N 1.000°W / 50.783; -1.000 (English Channel)	English Channel	Passing just east of the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom (at 50°41′N 1°4′W / 50.683°N 1.067°W / 50.683; -1.067 (Isle of Wight))
49°24′N 1°0′W / 49.400°N 1.000°W / 49.400; -1.000 (France)	France
42°59′N 1°0′W / 42.983°N 1.000°W / 42.983; -1.000 (Spain)	Spain	Passing just west of Cartagena, Murcia at 37°36′N 0°59′W / 37.600°N 0.983°W / 37.600; -0.983 (Cartagena)
37°35′N 1°0′W / 37.583°N 1.000°W / 37.583; -1.000 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
35°41′N 1°0′W / 35.683°N 1.000°W / 35.683; -1.000 (Algeria)	Algeria
32°32′N 1°0′W / 32.533°N 1.000°W / 32.533; -1.000 (Morocco)	Morocco	For about 1 km at the easternmost part of the country
32°31′N 1°0′W / 32.517°N 1.000°W / 32.517; -1.000 (Algeria)	Algeria
22°33′N 1°0′W / 22.550°N 1.000°W / 22.550; -1.000 (Mali)	Mali
14°51′N 1°0′W / 14.850°N 1.000°W / 14.850; -1.000 (Burkina Faso)	Burkina Faso
10°59′N 1°0′W / 10.983°N 1.000°W / 10.983; -1.000 (Ghana)	Ghana
5°12′N 1°0′W / 5.200°N 1.000°W / 5.200; -1.000 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 1°0′W / 60.000°S 1.000°W / -60.000; -1.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
68°52′S 1°0′W / 68.867°S 1.000°W / -68.867; -1.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	claimed by Norway