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.

Line across the Earth
101°
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

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