6th meridian west

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 6th meridian west passes through:

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Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 6°0′W	Arctic Ocean
81°58′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of Fugloy,  Faroe Islands (at 62°20′N 6°15′W) Passing just east of the island of Svínoy,  Faroe Islands (at 62°17′N 6°17′W) Passing just west of the island of North Rona, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at 59°7′N 5°50′W) Passing just east of the island of Sula Sgeir, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at 59°6′N 6°9′W)
58°32′N 6°0′W	The Minch	Passing just east of the isle of Lewis, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at 58°15′N 6°8′W)
57°33′N 6°0′W	United Kingdom	Scotland — islands of South Rona, Raasay, Scalpay, Skye
57°1′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Sea of the Hebrides
56°46′N 6°0′W	United Kingdom	Scotland — peninsulas of Ardnamurchan and Morvern, and the Isle of Mull
56°19′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Firth of Lorn
55°59′N 6°0′W	United Kingdom	Scotland — island of Jura
55°48′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Sound of Jura — passing just east of the island of Islay, Scotland,  United Kingdom (at 55°41′N 6°2′W) North Channel — passing just east of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland,  United Kingdom (at 55°18′N 6°10′W)
55°3′N 6°0′W	United Kingdom	Northern Ireland — passing just west of Belfast (at 54°36′N 5°56′W)
54°3′N 6°0′W	Irish Sea	Passing just east of Lambay Island,  Ireland (at 53°29′N 6°0′W) Passing just east of Howth Head,  Ireland (at 53°23′N 6°3′W near Dublin) Passing just east of Wicklow Head,  Ireland (at 52°58′N 6°0′W)
51°56′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Celtic Sea — passing just west of Land's End, England,  United Kingdom (at 50°4′N 5°43′W) — passing just east of the Isles of Scilly, England,  United Kingdom (at 49°57′N 6°16′W) through an unnamed part of the ocean — from 46°42′N 6°0′W and into the Bay of Biscay — from 45°59′N 6°0′W
43°35′N 6°0′W	Spain	Passing just west of Seville (at 37°23′N 5°59′W)
36°11′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean
35°34′N 6°0′W	Morocco
29°45′N 6°0′W	Algeria
25°44′N 6°0′W	Mauritania
25°0′N 6°0′W	Mali
20°5′N 6°0′W	Mauritania
15°30′N 6°0′W	Mali
10°13′N 6°0′W	Ivory Coast
4°58′N 6°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of the island of  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (at 15°59′S 5°47′W)
60°0′S 6°0′W	Southern Ocean
70°24′S 6°0′W	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by  Norway

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