title: 106th meridian west
text: # 106th meridian west
  
  The meridian 106° 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.
  
  106°W is the Third Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.
  
  The 106th meridian west forms a great circle with the 74th meridian east.
  
  ## From Pole to Pole
  
  Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian west passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -106.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 78°10′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.167°N 106.000°W﻿ / 78.167; -106.000﻿ (Maclean Strait) Maclean Strait 77°45′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.750°N 106.000°W﻿ / 77.750; -106.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Lougheed Island 77°41′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.683°N 106.000°W﻿ / 77.683; -106.000﻿ (Byam Martin Channel) Byam Martin Channel 76°1′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.017°N 106.000°W﻿ / 76.017; -106.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Melville Island 75°3′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.050°N 106.000°W﻿ / 75.050; -106.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound 73°44′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.733°N 106.000°W﻿ / 73.733; -106.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands 69°6′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.100°N 106.000°W﻿ / 69.100; -106.000﻿ (Dease Strait) Dease Strait 68°54′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.900°N 106.000°W﻿ / 68.900; -106.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 64°34′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.567°N 106.000°W﻿ / 64.567; -106.000﻿ (Northwest Territories) Saskatchewan — from 60°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 60.000; -106.000﻿ (Saskatchewan) 49°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 49.000; -106.000﻿ (United States)  United States Montana Wyoming — from 45°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 45.000; -106.000﻿ (Wyoming) Colorado — from 41°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 41.000; -106.000﻿ (Colorado) New Mexico — from 37°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿37.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 37.000; -106.000﻿ (New Mexico), passing through Santa Fe (at 35°39′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿35.650°N 106.000°W﻿ / 35.650; -106.000﻿ (Santa Fe)) Texas — from 32°0′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿32.000°N 106.000°W﻿ / 32.000; -106.000﻿ (Texas) 31°23′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿31.383°N 106.000°W﻿ / 31.383; -106.000﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Chihuahua Durango — from 26°49′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿26.817°N 106.000°W﻿ / 26.817; -106.000﻿ (Durango) Sinaloa — from 24°10′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿24.167°N 106.000°W﻿ / 24.167; -106.000﻿ (Sinaloa) 22°48′N 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿22.800°N 106.000°W﻿ / 22.800; -106.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 106.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -106.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 75°15′S 106°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.250°S 106.000°W﻿ / -75.250; -106.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory
  