101st meridian west

The meridian 101° 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 101st meridian west forms a great circle with the 79th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 101st meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -101°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.75°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.75°N, -101°W
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 * 78.95°N, -101°W
 * 78.95°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.16667°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.16667°N, -101°W
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 * 77.78333°N, -101°W
 * 77.78333°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — King Christian Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.71667°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.71667°N, -101°W
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 * 76.71667°N, -101°W
 * 76.71667°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Helena Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.6°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.6°N, -101°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.5°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.5°N, -101°W
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 * 76.23333°N, -101°W
 * 76.23333°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Bathurst Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.6°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.6°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
 * 73.8°N, -101°W
 * 73.8°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.28333°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.28333°N, -101°W
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 * 72.73333°N, -101°W
 * 72.73333°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.2°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.2°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Gateshead Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦
 * 70.2°N, -101°W
 * 70.2°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut — Victoria Island and Qikiqtagafaaluk
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.45°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.45°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.08333°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.08333°N, -101°W
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 * 67.76667°N, -101°W
 * Nunavut Manitoba — from 60°N, -101°W
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 * 49°N, -101°W
 * North Dakota South Dakota — from 45.95°N, -101°W Nebraska — from 43°N, -101°W Kansas — from 40°N, -101°W Oklahoma — from 37°N, -101°W Texas — from 36.5°N, -101°W
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 * 29.35°N, -101°W
 * Coahuila Nuevo León — from 26.53333°N, -101°W Coahuila — from 26.15°N, -101°W, passing through Saltillo Zacatecas — from 24.56667°N, -101°W San Luis Potosí — from 24.38333°N, -101°W (passing just west of San Luis Potosí city) Guanajuato — from 21.76667°N, -101°W Michoacán — from 20.06667°N, -101°W Guerrero — from 18.5°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.25°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 17.25°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -101°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -101°W
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 * -71.86667°N, -101°W
 * -71.86667°N, -101°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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