100th Meridian West

100th Meridian West

The meridian 100° 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 100th meridian west forms a great circle with the 80th meridian east.

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