109th meridian west

Line of longitude August 2025 -109 The meridian 109° 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 109th meridian west forms a great circle with the 71st meridian east. In the United States, the western boundaries of Colorado and New Mexico and the eastern boundaries of Utah and Arizona lie on the 32nd meridian west from Washington, which is approximately 3 minutes of longitude west of the 109th meridian west of Greenwich, or approximately 2.5 mi. From pole to pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 109th meridian west passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90 0 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Borden Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 78 28 N 109 13 W type:isle Borden Island) Passing just east of Vesey Hamilton Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76 54 N 109 2 W type:isle Vesey Hamilton Island) |- | 76 49 N 109 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Nunavut — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 75 53 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Sabine Bay ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sabine Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 75 29 N 109 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74 59 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Parry Channel ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound |- | 72 46 N 109 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Nunavut — Victoria Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 44 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Dease Strait ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Dease Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68 19 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Bathurst Inlet ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bathurst Inlet | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 68 0 N 109 0 W type:country Canada ! scope="row" | Canada | Nunavut — Lewes Island, the Stockport Islands and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 64 48 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Northwest Territories, passing through the Great Slave Lake Saskatchewan — from 60 0 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Saskatchewan, passing through Lake Athabasca |-valign="top" | 49 0 N 109 0 W type:country United States ! scope="row" | United States | Montana Wyoming — from 45 0 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Wyoming Colorado — from 41 0 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Colorado New Mexico — from 37 0 N 109 13 W type:adm1st New Mexico |-valign="top" | 31 20 N 109 0 W type:country Mexico ! scope="row" | Mexico | Sonora Sonora / Chihuahua border — from 28 17 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Sonora/Chuhuahua border Sonora — from 28 0 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Sonora Sinaloa — from 26 26 N 109 13 W type:adm1st Sinaloa, passing through Los Mochis |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 25 26 N 109 0 W type:waterbody Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Clipperton Island (an overseas possession of France, at 10 17 N 109 12 W type:isle Clipperton Island) Passing just east of Easter Island, Chile (at 27 6 S 109 14 W type:isle Clipperton Island) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60 0 S 109 0 W type:waterbody Southern Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 73 29 S 109 0 W type:country Antarctica ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |- |} See also 108th meridian west 110th meridian west References collapsed w109 meridian west