108th Meridian West
The meridian 108° 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 108th meridian west forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian east.
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