The meridian 112° west of
Greenwich is a line of
longitude that extends from the
North Pole across the
Arctic Ocean,
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, the
Pacific Ocean, the
Southern Ocean, and
Antarctica to the
South Pole.
The 112th meridian west forms a
great circle
In mathematics, a great circle or orthodrome is the circular intersection of a sphere and a plane passing through the sphere's center point.
Any arc of a great circle is a geodesic of the sphere, so that great circles in spherical geomet ...
with the
68th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the
North Pole and heading south to the
South Pole, the 112th meridian west passes through:
:
See also
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111th meridian west
The meridian 111° 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 111th meridian west forms a great ...
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113th meridian west
The meridian 113° 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 113th meridian west forms a great ...
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