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.

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116th meridian west

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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 116°0′W	Arctic Ocean
77°27′N 116°0′W	Canada	Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island
76°39′N 116°0′W	Fitzwilliam Strait
76°12′N 116°0′W	Canada	Northwest Territories — Melville Island
75°1′N 116°0′W	M'Clure Strait
73°46′N 116°0′W	Canada	Northwest Territories — Banks Island
73°18′N 116°0′W	Prince of Wales Strait
73°7′N 116°0′W	Canada	Northwest Territories — Victoria Island
70°32′N 116°0′W	Prince Albert Sound
70°14′N 116°0′W	Canada	Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from 70°0′N 116°0′W on Victoria Island
69°20′N 116°0′W	Dolphin and Union Strait
68°57′N 116°0′W	Canada	Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 66°34′N 116°0′W, passing through the Great Slave Lake Alberta — from 60°0′N 116°0′W British Columbia — from 51°8′N 116°0′W
49°0′N 116°0′W	United States	Montana Idaho — from 47°55′N 116°0′W Nevada — from 42°0′N 116°0′W California — from 36°4′N 116°0′W
32°37′N 116°0′W	Mexico	Baja California
30°21′N 116°0′W	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 116°0′W	Southern Ocean
73°51′S 116°0′W	Antarctica	Unclaimed territory