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114th meridian west

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114th meridian west

The meridian 114° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

114°W is the Fifth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.

The 114th meridian west forms a great circle with the 66th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 114th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 114°0′W / 90.000°N 114.000°W / 90.000; -114.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
77°57′N 114°0′W / 77.950°N 114.000°W / 77.950; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesBrock Island
77°43′N 114°0′W / 77.717°N 114.000°W / 77.717; -114.000 (Ballantyne Strait) Ballantyne Strait
77°19′N 114°0′W / 77.317°N 114.000°W / 77.317; -114.000 Unnamed waterbody Passing just west of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, Northwest Territories,  Canada (at 77°7′N 113°54′W / 77.117°N 113.900°W / 77.117; -113.900 (Fitzwilliam Owen Island))
76°54′N 114°0′W / 76.900°N 114.000°W / 76.900; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesEmerald Isle
76°43′N 114°0′W / 76.717°N 114.000°W / 76.717; -114.000 Unnamed waterbody
76°16′N 114°0′W / 76.267°N 114.000°W / 76.267; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesMelville Island
75°28′N 114°0′W / 75.467°N 114.000°W / 75.467; -114.000 (Murray Inlet) Murray Inlet
75°3′N 114°0′W / 75.050°N 114.000°W / 75.050; -114.000 (Liddon Gulf) Liddon Gulf
74°47′N 114°0′W / 74.783°N 114.000°W / 74.783; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesMelville Island
74°31′N 114°0′W / 74.517°N 114.000°W / 74.517; -114.000 (M'Clure Strait) M'Clure Strait
73°55′N 114°0′W / 73.917°N 114.000°W / 73.917; -114.000 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound
73°13′N 114°0′W / 73.217°N 114.000°W / 73.217; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
72°48′N 114°0′W / 72.800°N 114.000°W / 72.800; -114.000 (Richard Collinson Inlet) Richard Collinson Inlet
72°38′N 114°0′W / 72.633°N 114.000°W / 72.633; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
70°42′N 114°0′W / 70.700°N 114.000°W / 70.700; -114.000 (Prince Albert Sound) Prince Albert Sound
70°17′N 114°0′W / 70.283°N 114.000°W / 70.283; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
Nunavut — from 70°0′N 114°0′W / 70.000°N 114.000°W / 70.000; -114.000 (Nunavut) on Victoria Island
69°15′N 114°0′W / 69.250°N 114.000°W / 69.250; -114.000 (Dolphin and Union Strait) Dolphin and Union Strait
68°23′N 114°0′W / 68.383°N 114.000°W / 68.383; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — mainland
68°14′N 114°0′W / 68.233°N 114.000°W / 68.233; -114.000 (Coronation Gulf) Coronation Gulf
67°58′N 114°0′W / 67.967°N 114.000°W / 67.967; -114.000 (Canada)  Canada NunavutBerens Islands and mainland
Northwest Territories — from 65°57′N 114°0′W / 65.950°N 114.000°W / 65.950; -114.000 (Northwest Territories), passing through the Great Slave Lake
Alberta — from 60°0′N 114°0′W / 60.000°N 114.000°W / 60.000; -114.000 (Alberta), passing through Calgary at 51°2′N 114°0′W / 51.033°N 114.000°W / 51.033; -114.000 (Calgary)
49°0′N 114°0′W / 49.000°N 114.000°W / 49.000; -114.000 (United States)  United States Montana
Idaho — from 45°42′N 114°0′W / 45.700°N 114.000°W / 45.700; -114.000 (Idaho)
Utah — from 42°0′N 114°0′W / 42.000°N 114.000°W / 42.000; -114.000 (Utah)
Arizona — from 37°0′N 114°0′W / 37.000°N 114.000°W / 37.000; -114.000 (Arizona)
32°14′N 114°0′W / 32.233°N 114.000°W / 32.233; -114.000 (Mexico)  Mexico Sonora
31°31′N 114°0′W / 31.517°N 114.000°W / 31.517; -114.000 (Gulf of California) Gulf of California
29°34′N 114°0′W / 29.567°N 114.000°W / 29.567; -114.000 (Mexico)  Mexico Baja California
Baja California Sur — from 28°0′N 114°0′W / 28.000°N 114.000°W / 28.000; -114.000 (Baja California Sur)
26°58′N 114°0′W / 26.967°N 114.000°W / 26.967; -114.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 114°0′W / 60.000°S 114.000°W / -60.000; -114.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
73°51′S 114°0′W / 73.850°S 114.000°W / -73.850; -114.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

See also

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