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

• 100th meridian west
• 102nd meridian west