101st meridian west

The meridian 101° 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.

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101st meridian west

The 101st meridian west forms a great circle with the 79th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 101st meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 101°0′W Arctic Ocean
79°45′N 101°0′W Peary Channel
78°57′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island
78°10′N 101°0′W Danish Strait
77°47′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — King Christian Island
77°43′N 101°0′W Unnamed waterbody
76°43′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Helena Island
76°36′N 101°0′W Sir William Parker Strait
76°30′N 101°0′W May Inlet
76°14′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Bathurst Island
75°36′N 101°0′W Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound
73°48′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island
73°17′N 101°0′W Ommanney Bay
72°44′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island
72°12′N 101°0′W M'Clintock Channel Passing just west of Gateshead Island, Nunavut,  Canada
70°12′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Victoria Island and Qikiqtagafaaluk
69°27′N 101°0′W Victoria Strait
69°5′N 101°0′W Queen Maud Gulf
67°46′N 101°0′W  Canada Nunavut
Manitoba — from 60°0′N 101°0′W
49°0′N 101°0′W  United States North Dakota
South Dakota — from 45°57′N 101°0′W
Nebraska — from 43°0′N 101°0′W
Kansas — from 40°0′N 101°0′W
Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 101°0′W
Texas — from 36°30′N 101°0′W
29°21′N 101°0′W  Mexico Coahuila
Nuevo León — from 26°32′N 101°0′W
Coahuila — from 26°9′N 101°0′W, passing through Saltillo
Zacatecas — from 24°34′N 101°0′W
San Luis Potosí — from 24°23′N 101°0′W (passing just west of San Luis Potosí city)
Guanajuato — from 21°46′N 101°0′W
Michoacán — from 20°4′N 101°0′W
Guerrero — from 18°30′N 101°0′W
17°15′N 101°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 101°0′W Southern Ocean
71°52′S 101°0′W Antarctica Unclaimed territory

See also
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