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111th meridian west
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Line of longitude
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The meridian 111° 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.
The 111th meridian west forms a great circle with the 69th meridian east.
In the United States, the Western border of Wyoming with Montana, Idaho, and Utah lies on the meridian 34° west of Washington, which is a couple of miles west of the meridian 111° west of Greenwich.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 111th meridian west passes through:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 42 N 111 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Borden Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 22 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Wilkins Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wilkins Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 78 6 N 111 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Mackenzie King Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77 25 N 111 0 W type:waterbody
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Unnamed waterbody
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 75 32 N 111 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Melville Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 37 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Parry Channel
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound
|-valign="top"
| 72 25 N 111 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from 70 0 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Nunavut on Victoria Island, and Edinburgh Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 28 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Coronation Gulf
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coronation Gulf
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 67 53 N 111 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut — Hepburn Island and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 65 30 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Northwest Territories, passing through the Great Slave Lake Alberta — from 60 0 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Alberta, passing through Lake Athabasca
|-valign="top"
| 49 0 N 111 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Montana Wyoming — from 45 0 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Wyoming Utah — from 41 1 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Utah Arizona — from 37 0 N 111 0 W type:adm1st Arizona, passing just west of Tucson at 32 13 N 110 55 W type:adm1st Tucson
|-
| 31 20 N 111 0 W type:country Mexico
! scope="row" |
| Sonora — passing just west of Hermosillo at 29 6 N 110 57 W type:adm1st Arizona
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 27 58 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Gulf of California
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of California
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 25 25 N 111 0 W type:country Mexico
! scope="row" |
| Baja California Sur
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 24 4 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 18 50 N 111 0 W type:country Mexico
! scope="row" |
| Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands, Colima
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 18 44 N 111 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 111 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 74 13 S 111 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|-
|}
See also
110th meridian west
112th meridian west
References
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