106th meridian west

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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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -106°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.16667°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78.16667°N, -106°W
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 * 77.75°N, -106°W
 * 77.75°N, -106°W
 * Nunavut — Lougheed Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.68333°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.68333°N, -106°W
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 * 76.01667°N, -106°W
 * 76.01667°N, -106°W
 * Nunavut — Melville Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.05°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.05°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
 * 73.73333°N, -106°W
 * 73.73333°N, -106°W
 * Nunavut — Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.1°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.1°N, -106°W
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 * 68.9°N, -106°W
 * Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 64.56667°N, -106°W Saskatchewan — from 60°N, -106°W
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 * 49°N, -106°W
 * Montana Wyoming — from 45°N, -106°W Colorado — from 41°N, -106°W New Mexico — from 37°N, -106°W, passing through Santa Fe (at 35.65°N, -106°W) Texas — from 32°N, -106°W
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 * 31.38333°N, -106°W
 * Chihuahua Durango — from 26.81667°N, -106°W Sinaloa — from 24.16667°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 22.8°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 22.8°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -106°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -106°W
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 * -75.25°N, -106°W
 * -75.25°N, -106°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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