118th Meridian West
The meridian 118° 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.
118°W is the Sixth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.
The 118th meridian west forms a great circle with the 62nd meridian east.
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