101st meridian west explained

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.

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-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic Ocean
Peary Channel
NunavutEllef Ringnes Island
Danish Strait
NunavutKing Christian Island
Unnamed waterbody
NunavutHelena Island
Sir William Parker Strait
May Inlet
NunavutBathurst Island
Parry ChannelViscount Melville Sound
NunavutPrince of Wales Island
Ommanney Bay
M'Clintock ChannelPassing just west of Gateshead Island, Nunavut,
NunavutVictoria Island and Qikiqtagafaaluk
Victoria Strait
Queen Maud Gulf
Nunavut
Manitoba — from
North Dakota
South Dakota — from
Nebraska — from
Kansas — from
Oklahoma — from
Texas — from
Coahuila
Nuevo León — from
Coahuila — from, passing through Saltillo
Zacatecas — from
San Luis Potosí — from (passing just west of San Luis Potosí city)
Guanajuato — from
Michoacán — from
Guerrero — from
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaUnclaimed territory

See also