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13th meridian west

{{Short description|Line of longitude}}

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The meridian 13° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude 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:

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|13|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean

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{{Coord|81|42|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Greenland}}

! scope="row" | {{GRL}}

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|81|6|N|13|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

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{{Coord|27|50|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Morocco}}

! scope="row" | {{MAR}}

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{{Coord|27|40|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Western Sahara}}

! scope="row" | Western Sahara

| Claimed by {{MAR}}

{{Coord|23|9|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Mauritania}}

! scope="row" | {{MRT}}

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{{Coord|15|29|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Senegal}}

! scope="row" | {{SEN}}

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{{Coord|12|28|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Guinea}}

! scope="row" | {{GIN}}

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{{Coord|9|6|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Sierra Leone}}

! scope="row" | {{SLE}}

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style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|8|14|N|13|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

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{{Coord|7|36|N|13|0|W|type:country|name=Sierra Leone}}

! scope="row" | {{SLE}}

| Turtle Islands

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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|7|35|N|13|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, {{SHN}} (at {{Coord|37|18|S|12|43|W|type:isle|name=Inaccessible Island}})

style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|13|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}

! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

{{Coord|71|46|S|13|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}

! scope="row" | Antarctica

| Queen Maud Land, claimed by {{NOR}}

See also

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