9th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
9th meridian west

The meridian 9° 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 9th meridian west forms a great circle with the 171st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 9th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 9°0′W / 90.000°N 9.000°W / 90.000; -9.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
82°8′N 9°0′W / 82.133°N 9.000°W / 82.133; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
70°52′N 9°0′W / 70.867°N 9.000°W / 70.867; -9.000 (Norway)  Norway Island of Jan Mayen
70°49′N 9°0′W / 70.817°N 9.000°W / 70.817; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
54°18′N 9°0′W / 54.300°N 9.000°W / 54.300; -9.000 (Ireland)  Ireland Passing just east of Galway at 53°16'48"N
51°34′N 9°0′W / 51.567°N 9.000°W / 51.567; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
43°14′N 9°0′W / 43.233°N 9.000°W / 43.233; -9.000 (Spain)  Spain Mainland and island of Sálvora
42°28′N 9°0′W / 42.467°N 9.000°W / 42.467; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
39°48′N 9°0′W / 39.800°N 9.000°W / 39.800; -9.000 (Portugal)  Portugal Passing just east of Lisbon (at 38°42′N 9°8′W / 38.700°N 9.133°W / 38.700; -9.133 (Lisbon))
38°27′N 9°0′W / 38.450°N 9.000°W / 38.450; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Cape St. Vincent,  Portugal (at 37°1′N 8°59′W / 37.017°N 8.983°W / 37.017; -8.983 (Cape St. Vincent))
32°47′N 9°0′W / 32.783°N 9.000°W / 32.783; -9.000 (Morocco)  Morocco
27°40′N 9°0′W / 27.667°N 9.000°W / 27.667; -9.000 (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
26°0′N 9°0′W / 26.000°N 9.000°W / 26.000; -9.000 (Mauritania)  Mauritania
15°30′N 9°0′W / 15.500°N 9.000°W / 15.500; -9.000 (Mali)  Mali
12°22′N 9°0′W / 12.367°N 9.000°W / 12.367; -9.000 (Guinea)  Guinea
7°14′N 9°0′W / 7.233°N 9.000°W / 7.233; -9.000 (Liberia)  Liberia
4°58′N 9°0′W / 4.967°N 9.000°W / 4.967; -9.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 9°0′W / 60.000°S 9.000°W / -60.000; -9.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
70°27′S 9°0′W / 70.450°S 9.000°W / -70.450; -9.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica
claimed by  Norway

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