The meridian 144° west of
Greenwich is a line of
longitude that extends from the
North Pole across the
Arctic Ocean,
North America
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, the
Pacific Ocean, the
Southern Ocean, and
Antarctica to the
South Pole.
The 144th meridian west forms a
great circle
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Any arc of a great circle is a geodesic of the sphere, so that great circles in spherical geomet ...
with the
36th meridian east
The meridian 36° east of Prime Meridian, Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 36th meridian ...
.
The 144th meridian west is the western edge of the grid indexing scheme for
Canada's
National Topographic System
The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country. NTS maps are available in a variety of scales, the standard being 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scales. T ...
.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the
North Pole and heading south to the
South Pole, the 144th meridian west passes through:
:
See also
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143rd meridian west
The meridian 143° 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 143rd meridian west line forms a ...
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145th meridian west
The meridian 145° 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 145th meridian west forms a great ...
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