109th meridian west

The meridian 109° 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 109th meridian west forms a great circle with the 71st meridian east.

In the United States, the western boundaries of Colorado and New Mexico and the eastern boundaries of Utah and Arizona lie on the 32nd meridian west from Washington, which is approximately 3 minutes of longitude west of the 109th meridian west of Greenwich, or approximately 2.5 mi.

From pole to pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 109th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Borden Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 78.46667°N, -109.21667°W) Passing just east of Vesey Hamilton Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76.9°N, -109.03333°W)
 * 76.81667°N, -109°W
 * 76.81667°N, -109°W
 * Nunavut — Melville Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.88333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.88333°N, -109°W
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 * 75.48333°N, -109°W
 * 75.48333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.98333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.98333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
 * 72.76667°N, -109°W
 * 72.76667°N, -109°W
 * Nunavut — Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.73333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.73333°N, -109°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.31667°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.31667°N, -109°W
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 * 68°N, -109°W
 * Nunavut — Lewes Island, the Stockport Islands and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 64.8°N, -109.21667°W, passing through the Great Slave Lake Saskatchewan — from 60°N, -109.21667°W, passing through Lake Athabasca
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 * 49°N, -109°W
 * Montana Wyoming — from 45°N, -109.21667°W Colorado — from 41°N, -109.21667°W New Mexico — from 37°N, -109.21667°W
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 * 31.33333°N, -109°W
 * Sonora Sonora / Chihuahua border — from 28.28333°N, -109.21667°W Sonora — from 28°N, -109.21667°W Sinaloa — from 26.43333°N, -109.21667°W, passing through Los Mochis
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 25.43333°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Clipperton Island (an overseas possession of France, at 10.28333°N, -109.2°W) Passing just east of Easter Island, Chile (at -27.1°N, -109.23333°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -109°W
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 * -73.48333°N, -109°W
 * -73.48333°N, -109°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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