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106th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 106° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

106°W is the Third Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.

The 106th meridian west forms a great circle with the 74th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Lougheed Island
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| ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Melville Island
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| ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut Northwest Territories — from Saskatchewan — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Montana Wyoming — from Colorado — from New Mexico — from , passing through Santa Fe (at ) Texas — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Chihuahua Durango — from Sinaloa — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Unclaimed territory
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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