115th meridian west
The meridian 115° 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.
115°
The 115th meridian west forms a great circle with the 65th meridian east.
Between the equator and the 60th parallel south it forms the eastern boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the western boundary of the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 115th meridian west passes through:
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