108th meridian west

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108th meridian west

The meridian 108° 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 108th meridian west forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 108°0′W / 90.000°N 108.000°W / 90.000; -108.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
77°43′N 108°0′W / 77.717°N 108.000°W / 77.717; -108.000 (Byam Martin Channel)	Byam Martin Channel
76°4′N 108°0′W / 76.067°N 108.000°W / 76.067; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Melville Island
74°56′N 108°0′W / 74.933°N 108.000°W / 74.933; -108.000 (Parry Channel)	Parry Channel	Viscount Melville Sound
73°36′N 108°0′W / 73.600°N 108.000°W / 73.600; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Kilian Island
73°34′N 108°0′W / 73.567°N 108.000°W / 73.567; -108.000 (Parry Channel)	Parry Channel	Viscount Melville Sound
73°21′N 108°0′W / 73.350°N 108.000°W / 73.350; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Victoria Island
72°42′N 108°0′W / 72.700°N 108.000°W / 72.700; -108.000 (Hadley Bay)	Hadley Bay
71°41′N 108°0′W / 71.683°N 108.000°W / 71.683; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Victoria Island
68°56′N 108°0′W / 68.933°N 108.000°W / 68.933; -108.000 (Dease Strait)	Dease Strait
68°38′N 108°0′W / 68.633°N 108.000°W / 68.633; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — the Kent Peninsula (mainland)
68°7′N 108°0′W / 68.117°N 108.000°W / 68.117; -108.000 (Melville Sound)	Melville Sound
67°48′N 108°0′W / 67.800°N 108.000°W / 67.800; -108.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — the Barry Islands, the Banks Peninsula (mainland), the Young Islands, and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 64°43′N 108°0′W / 64.717°N 108.000°W / 64.717; -108.000 (Northwest Territories) Saskatchewan — from 60°0′N 108°0′W / 60.000°N 108.000°W / 60.000; -108.000 (Saskatchewan), passing through Lake Athabasca
49°0′N 108°0′W / 49.000°N 108.000°W / 49.000; -108.000 (United States)	United States	Montana Wyoming — from 45°0′N 108°0′W / 45.000°N 108.000°W / 45.000; -108.000 (Wyoming) Colorado — from 41°0′N 108°0′W / 41.000°N 108.000°W / 41.000; -108.000 (Colorado) New Mexico — from 37°0′N 108°0′W / 37.000°N 108.000°W / 37.000; -108.000 (New Mexico)
31°47′N 108°0′W / 31.783°N 108.000°W / 31.783; -108.000 (Mexico)	Mexico	Chihuahua Sinaloa — from 26°55′N 108°0′W / 26.917°N 108.000°W / 26.917; -108.000 (Sinaloa)
24°39′N 108°0′W / 24.650°N 108.000°W / 24.650; -108.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 108°0′W / 60.000°S 108.000°W / -60.000; -108.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
73°52′S 108°0′W / 73.867°S 108.000°W / -73.867; -108.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Unclaimed territory

See also

• 107th meridian west
• 109th meridian west

This page was last edited on 16 September 2022, at 19:30