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The meridian 6° 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 6th meridian west forms a great circle with the 174th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 6th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 6°0′W / 90°N 6°W / 90; -6 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
81°58′N 6°0′W / 81.967°N 6°W / 81.967; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of Fugloy and Svínoy, Faroe Islands Passing between Sula Sgeir and North Rona, Scotland, United Kingdom
58°32′N 6°0′W / 58.533°N 6°W / 58.533; -6 (The Minch)	The Minch	Passing just east of the isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom
57°33′N 6°0′W / 57.55°N 6°W / 57.55; -6 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Scotland - islands of South Rona, Raasay, Scalpay, Skye
57°1′N 6°0′W / 57.017°N 6°W / 57.017; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Sea of the Hebrides
56°46′N 6°0′W / 56.767°N 6°W / 56.767; -6 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Scotland - peninsulas of Ardnamurchan and Morvern, and the Isle of Mull
56°19′N 6°0′W / 56.317°N 6°W / 56.317; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Firth of Lorn
55°59′N 6°0′W / 55.983°N 6°W / 55.983; -6 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Scotland - island of Jura
55°48′N 6°0′W / 55.8°N 6°W / 55.8; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Sound of Jura - passing just east of the island of Islay, Scotland, United Kingdom North Channel - passing just east of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
55°3′N 6°0′W / 55.05°N 6°W / 55.05; -6 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	Northern Ireland - passing just west of Belfast
54°3′N 6°0′W / 54.05°N 6°W / 54.05; -6 (Irish Sea)	Irish Sea	Passing just east of Lambay Island, Howth Head (near Dublin) and Wicklow Head, Ireland
51°56′N 6°0′W / 51.933°N 6°W / 51.933; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Celtic Sea - passing between the Isles of Scilly and Land's End, England, United Kingdom through an unnamed part of the ocean and into the Bay of Biscay
43°35′N 6°0′W / 43.583°N 6°W / 43.583; -6 (Spain)	Spain
36°11′N 6°0′W / 36.183°N 6°W / 36.183; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
35°34′N 6°0′W / 35.567°N 6°W / 35.567; -6 (Morocco)	Morocco
29°45′N 6°0′W / 29.75°N 6°W / 29.75; -6 (Algeria)	Algeria
25°44′N 6°0′W / 25.733°N 6°W / 25.733; -6 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
25°0′N 6°0′W / 25°N 6°W / 25; -6 (Mali)	Mali	This part of Mali has declared independence as Azawad
20°5′N 6°0′W / 20.083°N 6°W / 20.083; -6 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
15°30′N 6°0′W / 15.5°N 6°W / 15.5; -6 (Mali)	Mali
10°13′N 6°0′W / 10.217°N 6°W / 10.217; -6 (Côte d'Ivoire)	Côte d'Ivoire
4°58′N 6°0′W / 4.967°N 6°W / 4.967; -6 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
60°0′S 6°0′W / 60°S 6°W / -60; -6 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
70°24′S 6°0′W / 70.4°S 6°W / -70.4; -6 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by Norway

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