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111th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 111° 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.

The 111th meridian west forms a great circle with the 69th meridian east.

In the United States, the Western border of Wyoming with Montana, Idaho, and Utah lies on the meridian 34° west of Washington, which is a couple of miles west of the meridian 111° west of Greenwich.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 111th meridian west passes through:

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Northwest Territories — Borden Island
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Northwest Territories — Mackenzie King Island
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Northwest Territories — Melville Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from on Victoria Island, and Edinburgh Island |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coronation Gulf |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Hepburn Island and the mainland Northwest Territories — from , passing through the Great Slave Lake Alberta — from , passing through Lake Athabasca |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Montana Wyoming — from Utah — from Arizona — from , passing just west of Tucson at |- | ! scope="row" |

Sonora — passing just west of Hermosillo at
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Baja California Sur
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Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Colima
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Unclaimed territory
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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