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122nd meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 122° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 1 July 2025 en that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
122°W is the Seventh Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.
The 122nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 58th meridian east.Cox Allan https://books.google.com/books?id=kkVdx3VU05sC Plate Tectonics: How It Works Hart R. B. 2009-07-08 John Wiley & Sons 978-1-4443-1421-2 87 en
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 122nd meridian west passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 122 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 76 26 N 122 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 2 N 122 0 W type:waterbody M'Clure Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clure Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 74 31 N 122 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Banks Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 19 N 122 0 W type:waterbody Amundsen Gulf
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Amundsen Gulf
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 69 48 N 122 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — passing through the Great Bear Lake British Columbia — from 60 0 N 122 0 W type:adm1st British Columbia; passing through Chilliwack
|-valign="top"
| 49 0 N 122 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Washington Oregon — from 45 37 N 122 0 W type:adm1st Oregon California — from 42 0 N 122 0 W type:adm1st California; passing through San Jose
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 36 58 N 122 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 122 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 73 35 S 122 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|}
See also
121st meridian west
123rd meridian west
References
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