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105th meridian west
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Line of longitude
March 2024
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The meridian 105° 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.2017-03-31 Only in Denver: The 105th Meridian https://www.denver.org/blog/post/only-in-denver-the-105th-meridian/ 2024-03-06 www.denver.org en-us
The 105th meridian west forms a great circle with the 75th meridian east.
It serves as the reference meridian for the seventh time zone west of Greenwich, known as UTC-07 or the Mountain Time Zone in North America.
In the United States, Interstate Highway I-25 roughly parallels the meridian from Douglas, Wyoming to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and from Wellington, Colorado to the Prospect Road interchange (in Fort Collins, Colorado), I-25 happens to be almost exactly aligned along the 105th meridian west. The meridian bisects Denver, Colorado, passing through Denver Union Station. Throughout the Denver metro area, Kalamath Street is the road that most closely corresponds to the 105th meridian.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 105th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 79 19 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79 2 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 31 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 29 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Maclean Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Maclean Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 32 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Lougheed Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77 10 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Byam Martin Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byam Martin Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 35 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Byam Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byam Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Byam Martin Island, Nunavut, (at 75 7 N 104 54 W type:isle Byam Martin Island)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 5 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Parry Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
|-
| 73 43 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Stefansson Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 0 N 105 0 W type:waterbody M'Clintock Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clintock Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 72 12 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Victoria Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 53 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Queen Maud Gulf
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Queen Maud Gulf
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 68 35 N 105 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Melbourne Island and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 64 29 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Northwest Territories Saskatchewan — from 60 0 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Saskatchewan
|-valign="top"
| 49 0 N 105 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Montana Wyoming — from 45 0 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Wyoming Colorado — from 41 0 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Colorado, passing through Denver (at 39 45 N 105 0 W type:city Denver) New Mexico — from 37 0 N 105 0 W type:adm1st New Mexico Texas — from 32 0 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Texas
|-valign="top"
| 30 40 N 105 0 W type:country Mexico
! scope="row" |
| Chihuahua Durango — from 26 30 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Durango Nayarit — from 22 56 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Nayarit Jalisco — from 20 55 N 105 0 W type:adm1st Jalisco
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 19 21 N 105 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Isla Salas y Gómez, (at 26 28 S 105 21 W type:isle Isla Salas y Gómez)
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 105 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 74 41 S 105 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|-
|}
See also
104th meridian west
106th meridian west
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