116th meridian west

The meridian 116° 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 116th meridian west forms a great circle with the 64th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 116th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -116°W
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 * 77.45°N, -116°W
 * 77.45°N, -116°W
 * Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.65°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.65°N, -116°W
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 * 76.2°N, -116°W
 * 76.2°N, -116°W
 * Northwest Territories — Melville Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.01667°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.01667°N, -116°W
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 * 73.76667°N, -116°W
 * 73.76667°N, -116°W
 * Northwest Territories — Banks Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.3°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.3°N, -116°W
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 * 73.11667°N, -116°W
 * 73.11667°N, -116°W
 * Northwest Territories — Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.53333°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.53333°N, -116°W
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 * 70.23333°N, -116°W
 * Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from 70°N, -116°W on Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.33333°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.33333°N, -116°W
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 * 68.95°N, -116°W
 * Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 66.56667°N, -116°W, passing through the Great Slave Lake Alberta — from 60°N, -116°W British Columbia — from 51.13333°N, -116°W
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 * 49°N, -116°W
 * Montana Idaho — from 47.91667°N, -116°W Nevada — from 42°N, -116°W California — from 36.06667°N, -116°W
 * 32.61667°N, -116°W
 * 32.61667°N, -116°W
 * Baja California
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30.35°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30.35°N, -116°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -116°W
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 * -73.85°N, -116°W
 * -73.85°N, -116°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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