115th meridian west
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115th meridian west
The meridian 115° 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 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.[1]
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]- ^ "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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