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125th meridian west
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Line of longitude
June 2025
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The meridian 125° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudeWhat is longitude? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/longitude.html oceanservice.noaa.gov 30 June 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.
The 125th meridian west forms a great circle with the 55th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 125th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 125 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 1 N 125 0 W type:waterbody Beaufort Sea
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Beaufort Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 72 52 N 125 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Banks Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 71 53 N 125 0 W type:waterbody Amundsen Gulf
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Amundsen Gulf
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 70 11 N 125 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — passing through the Great Bear Lake Yukon — from 60 51 N 125 0 W type:adm1st Yukon British Columbia — from 60 0 N 125 0 W type:adm1st British Columbia, the mainland, Raza Island and Cortes Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 50 5 N 125 0 W type:waterbody Strait of Georgia
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Strait of Georgia
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 49 48 N 125 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| British Columbia — Vancouver Island, through Courtenay
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 48 42 N 125 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Cape Alava, Washington, (at 48 10 N 124 44 W type:landmark Cape Alava) Passing just west of Ducie Island, (at 24 41 S 124 47 W type:isle Ducie Island)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 125 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 73 17 S 125 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|-
|}
See also
124th meridian west
126th meridian west
References
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