104th meridian west

The meridian 104° 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 104th meridian west forms a great circle with the 76th meridian east.

In the United States, the western boundaries of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming lie on the meridian 27° west of Washington, which is a couple of miles west of the meridian 104° west of Greenwich. In Colorado, the meridian 104° west of Greenwich roughly defines the eastern extent of the region of high plains protected by the Southern Rocky Mountains.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 104th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -104°W
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 * 79.36667°N, -104°W
 * 79.36667°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.23333°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.23333°N, -104°W
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 * 77.15°N, -104°W
 * 77.15°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut — Edmund Walker Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.11667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.11667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 76.66667°N, -104°W
 * 76.66667°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut — Cameron Island and Île Vanier
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.03333°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Massey Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 75.93333°N, -103.91667°W) Passing just west of Île Marc, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 75.86667°N, -103.8°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.66667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.66667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 75.4°N, -104°W
 * 75.4°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut — Byam Martin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.05°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.05°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.41667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.41667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 70.76667°N, -104°W
 * 70.76667°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut — Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.86667°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.86667°N, -104°W
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 * 68.05°N, -104°W
 * Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 64.4°N, -104°W Saskatchewan — from 60°N, -104°W
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 * 49°N, -104°W
 * North Dakota South Dakota — from 45.93333°N, -104°W Nebraska — from 43°N, -104°W Colorado — from 41°N, -104°W New Mexico — from 37°N, -104°W Texas — from 32°N, -104°W
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 * 29.3°N, -104°W
 * Chihuahua Durango — from 26.76667°N, -104°W Zacatecas — from 23.51667°N, -104°W Jalisco — from 22.35°N, -104°W Nayarit — from 21.45°N, -104°W Jalisco — from 21.25°N, -104°W Colima — from 19.43333°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18.88333°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18.88333°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -104°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * -74.73333°N, -104°W
 * -74.73333°N, -104°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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