110th meridian west

Line of longitude -110 thumb|In Canada, the 110th meridian west defines part of the border between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and it approximately defines the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The meridian 110° 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 110th meridian west forms a great circle with the 70th meridian east. In Canada, the meridian forms the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories north of the parallel 70° north.Order Respecting the First Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Originally 110°W was intended as the Fourth Meridian for the Dominion Land Survey, but because of the imperfect surveying methods of the time, the meridian was placed a few hundred metres west of this longitude. The Fourth Meridian has been the entire boundary between Alberta and Saskatchewan since 1905. In the United States, the meridian formed the western border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.Jefferson Territory: The Renegade State that Almost Replaced Colorado From pole to pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 110th meridian west passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 78 41 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Borden Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 78 19 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Wilkins Strait ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wilkins Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 78 7 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Mackenzie King Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77 55 N 110 0 W type:waterbody ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Unnamed waterbody | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 76 28 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76 14 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Eldridge Bay ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Eldridge Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 75 54 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Melville Island (for about 2 km) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 53 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Sabine Bay ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sabine Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 75 33 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 50 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Parry Channel ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound |-valign="top" | 72 59 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Northwest Territories / Nunavut border — Victoria Island Nunavut — from 70 0 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Nunavut on Victoria Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 37 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Coronation Gulf ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coronation Gulf | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 68 6 N 110 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Nunavut — Jameson Islands and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 65 10 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Northwest Territories, passing through the Great Slave Lake Saskatchewan — from 60 0 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Saskatchewan, passing through Lake Athabasca, around 400m east of the Alberta border |-valign="top" | 49 0 N 110 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | United States | Montana Wyoming — from 45 1 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Wyoming Utah — from 41 1 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Utah Arizona — from 37 0 N 110 0 W type:adm1st Arizona |- | 31 20 N 110 0 W type:country Mexico ! scope="row" | Mexico | Sonora — passing just west of Ciudad Obregón at 27 29 N 109 56 W type:adm1st Ciudad Obregón |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 27 4 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Gulf of California ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of California | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 24 8 N 110 0 W type:country Mexico ! scope="row" | Mexico | Baja California Sur |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 22 53 N 110 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 110 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 74 27 S 110 0 W type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory — passing through the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land |- |} See also 109th meridian west 111th meridian west References collapsed w110 meridian west Category:Borders of Nunavut Category:Borders of the Northwest Territories Category:Borders of Saskatchewan Category:Borders of Alberta