115th meridian west
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115th meridian west
The meridian 115° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] 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 115th meridian west forms a great circle with the 65th meridian east.[citation needed]
Between the equator and the 60th parallel south it forms the eastern boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the western boundary of the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.[2]
From Pole to Pole
[edit]Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 115th meridian west passes through:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "What is longitude?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones" (PDF). www.armscontrolcenter.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
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