14th meridian west

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The meridian 14° 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. The 14th meridian west forms a great circle with the 166th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 14th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 14°0′W / 90.000°N 14.000°W / 90.000; -14.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
81°48′N 14°0′W / 81.800°N 14.000°W / 81.800; -14.000 (Greenland) File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
81°1′N 14°0′W / 81.017°N 14.000°W / 81.017; -14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
65°36′N 14°0′W / 65.600°N 14.000°W / 65.600; -14.000 (Iceland) File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
64°43′N 14°0′W / 64.717°N 14.000°W / 64.717; -14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
28°43′N 14°0′W / 28.717°N 14.000°W / 28.717; -14.000 (Spain) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Island of Fuerteventura
28°12′N 14°0′W / 28.200°N 14.000°W / 28.200; -14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
26°28′N 14°0′W / 26.467°N 14.000°W / 26.467; -14.000 (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Claimed by File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
21°20′N 14°0′W / 21.333°N 14.000°W / 21.333; -14.000 (Mauritania) File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
16°21′N 14°0′W / 16.350°N 14.000°W / 16.350; -14.000 (Senegal) File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
13°33′N 14°0′W / 13.550°N 14.000°W / 13.550; -14.000 (Gambia) File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
13°17′N 14°0′W / 13.283°N 14.000°W / 13.283; -14.000 (Senegal) File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
12°40′N 14°0′W / 12.667°N 14.000°W / 12.667; -14.000 (Guinea-Bissau) File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
11°39′N 14°0′W / 11.650°N 14.000°W / 11.650; -14.000 (Guinea) File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
9°59′N 14°0′W / 9.983°N 14.000°W / 9.983; -14.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of Ascension Island, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (at 7°57′S 14°18′W / 7.950°S 14.300°W / -7.950; -14.300 (Ascension Island))
60°0′S 14°0′W / 60.000°S 14.000°W / -60.000; -14.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
71°57′S 14°0′W / 71.950°S 14.000°W / -71.950; -14.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Maud Land, claimed by File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

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