118th meridian west

The meridian 118° 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.

118°W is the Sixth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.

The 118th meridian west forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 118th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -118°W
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 * 77.36667°N, -118°W
 * 77.36667°N, -118°W
 * Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.4°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.4°N, -118°W
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 * 76.05°N, -118°W
 * 76.05°N, -118°W
 * Northwest Territories — Eglinton Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.7°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.7°N, -118°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.33333°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75.33333°N, -118°W
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 * 74.28333°N, -118°W
 * 74.28333°N, -118°W
 * Northwest Territories — Banks Island
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.88333°N, -118°W
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 * 72.66667°N, -118°W
 * 72.66667°N, -118°W
 * Northwest Territories — Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.36667°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71.36667°N, -118°W
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 * 71.11667°N, -118°W
 * 71.11667°N, -118°W
 * Northwest Territories — Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.78333°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.78333°N, -118°W
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 * 69.01667°N, -118°W
 * Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 67.18333°N, -118°W, passing through the Great Bear Lake Alberta — from 60°N, -118°W British Columbia — from 52.5°N, -118°W
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 * 49°N, -118°W
 * Washington Oregon — from 46°N, -118°W Nevada — from 42°N, -118°W California — from 37.6°N, -118°W, passing just east of Los Angeles (at 34.05°N, -118.25°W)
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 33.65°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Santa Catalina Island, California 🇺🇸 (at 33.31667°N, -118.3°W) Passing just east of San Clemente Island, California 🇺🇸 (at 32.81667°N, -118.35°W) Passing just east of Guadalupe Island, 🇲🇽 (at 29°N, -118.3°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -118°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -118°W
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 * -73.8°N, -118°W
 * -73.8°N, -118°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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