13th meridian west

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13th meridian west ()

The meridian 13° west of Greenwich is longitudinal^[1] line 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	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway