107th meridian west

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107th meridian west

The meridian 107° 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 107th meridian west forms a great circle with the 73rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole[edit]

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 107th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 107°0′W / 90.000°N 107.000°W / 90.000; -107.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
77°45′N 107°0′W / 77.750°N 107.000°W / 77.750; -107.000 (Byam Martin Channel) Byam Martin Channel
75°54′N 107°0′W / 75.900°N 107.000°W / 75.900; -107.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutMelville Island
74°55′N 107°0′W / 74.917°N 107.000°W / 74.917; -107.000 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound — passing just west of Stefansson Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 73°29′N 106°59′W / 73.483°N 106.983°W / 73.483; -106.983 (Stefansson Island))
73°18′N 107°0′W / 73.300°N 107.000°W / 73.300; -107.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutVictoria Island
69°12′N 107°0′W / 69.200°N 107.000°W / 69.200; -107.000 (Dease Strait) Dease Strait
68°46′N 107°0′W / 68.767°N 107.000°W / 68.767; -107.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
Northwest Territories — from 64°38′N 107°0′W / 64.633°N 107.000°W / 64.633; -107.000 (Northwest Territories)
Saskatchewan — from 60°0′N 107°0′W / 60.000°N 107.000°W / 60.000; -107.000 (Saskatchewan)
49°0′N 107°0′W / 49.000°N 107.000°W / 49.000; -107.000 (United States)  United States Montana
Wyoming — from 45°0′N 107°0′W / 45.000°N 107.000°W / 45.000; -107.000 (Wyoming)
Colorado — from 41°0′N 107°0′W / 41.000°N 107.000°W / 41.000; -107.000 (Colorado)
New Mexico — from 37°0′N 107°0′W / 37.000°N 107.000°W / 37.000; -107.000 (New Mexico)
31°47′N 107°0′W / 31.783°N 107.000°W / 31.783; -107.000 (Mexico)  Mexico Chihuahua
Durango — from 25°38′N 107°0′W / 25.633°N 107.000°W / 25.633; -107.000 (Durango)
Sinaloa — from 24°56′N 107°0′W / 24.933°N 107.000°W / 24.933; -107.000 (Sinaloa)
23°56′N 107°0′W / 23.933°N 107.000°W / 23.933; -107.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 107°0′W / 60.000°S 107.000°W / -60.000; -107.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
74°47′S 107°0′W / 74.783°S 107.000°W / -74.783; -107.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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