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116th meridian west
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Line of longitude
August 2025
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The meridian 116° 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 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:
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! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea
! scope="col" | Notes
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 77 27 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 39 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Fitzwilliam Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Fitzwilliam Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 76 12 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Melville Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 1 N 116 0 W type:waterbody M'Clure Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clure Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 73 46 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Banks Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73 18 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Prince of Wales Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince of Wales Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 73 7 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Victoria Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70 32 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Prince Albert Sound
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince Albert Sound
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 70 14 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from 70 0 N 116 0 W type:adm1st Nunavut on Victoria Island
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69 20 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Dolphin and Union Strait
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Dolphin and Union Strait
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| 68 57 N 116 0 W type:country Canada
! scope="row" |
| Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 66 34 N 116 0 W type:adm1st Northwest Territories, passing through the Great Slave Lake Alberta — from 60 0 N 116 0 W type:adm1st Alberta British Columbia — from 51 8 N 116 0 W type:adm1st British Columbia
|-valign="top"
| 49 0 N 116 0 W type:country United States
! scope="row" |
| Montana Idaho — from 47 55 N 116 0 W type:adm1st Idaho Nevada — from 42 0 N 116 0 W type:adm1st Nevada California — from 36 4 N 116 0 W type:adm1st California
|-
| 32 37 N 116 0 W type:country Mexico
! scope="row" |
| Baja California
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30 21 N 116 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 116 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean
! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
| 73 51 S 116 0 W type:country Antarctica
! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Unclaimed territory
|-
|}
See also
115th meridian west
117th meridian west
References
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