The Black Hills meridian,
longitude
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104°03′ west from
Greenwich
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Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
, with the baseline in
latitude
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44° north, is the
principal meridian
A principal meridian is a meridian used for survey control in a large region.
Canada
The Dominion Land Survey of Western Canada took its origin at the First (or Principal) Meridian, located at 97°27′28.41″ west of Greenwich, just west of Win ...
that governs surveys in the state of
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
north and west of
White River, and west of the
Missouri River (between latitudes 45°55′20″ and 44°1′30″), the north and west boundaries of the
Lower Brule Indian Reservation
The Lower Brulé Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation that belongs to the Lower Brulé Lakota Tribe. It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River in Lyman and Stanley counties in central South Dakota in the United States. It i ...
, and the west boundary of range 79 west, of the
Fifth Principal Meridian system. It is named for the
Black Hills
The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk P ...
of South Dakota and
Wyoming
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.
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Named meridians
Geography of South Dakota
Meridians and base lines of the United States
Black Hills