The meridian 103° 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.
In the United States, the border between New Mexico and Oklahoma is defined by the meridian.
The 103rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 77th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 103rd meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 103°0′W / 90.000°N 103.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
79°15′N 103°0′W / 79.250°N 103.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Ellef Ringnes Island and Thor Island |
78°9′N 103°0′W / 78.150°N 103.000°W | Maclean Strait | |
77°40′N 103°0′W / 77.667°N 103.000°W | Unnamed waterbody | |
76°27′N 103°0′W / 76.450°N 103.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Cameron Island, Île Vanier, Massey Island and Alexander Island |
75°33′N 103°0′W / 75.550°N 103.000°W | Austin Channel | |
75°25′N 103°0′W / 75.417°N 103.000°W | Parry Channel | Viscount Melville Sound |
73°10′N 103°0′W / 73.167°N 103.000°W | M'Clintock Channel | Passing just west of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 72°46′N 102°44′W / 72.767°N 102.733°W) |
70°41′N 103°0′W / 70.683°N 103.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Victoria |
68°48′N 103°0′W / 68.800°N 103.000°W | Queen Maud Gulf | |
67°54′N 103°0′W / 67.900°N 103.000°W | Canada | Nunavut Northwest Territories — from 64°19′N 103°0′W / 64.317°N 103.000°W Saskatchewan — from 60°0′N 103°0′W / 60.000°N 103.000°W |
49°0′N 103°0′W / 49.000°N 103.000°W | United States | North Dakota South Dakota — from 45°57′N 103°0′W / 45.950°N 103.000°W Nebraska — from 43°0′N 103°0′W / 43.000°N 103.000°W Colorado — from 41°0′N 103°0′W / 41.000°N 103.000°W New Mexico / Oklahoma border — from 37°0′N 103°0′W / 37.000°N 103.000°W Texas — from 36°30′N 103°0′W / 36.500°N 103.000°W |
29°9′N 103°0′W / 29.150°N 103.000°W | Mexico | Coahuila Durango — from 24°47′N 103°0′W / 24.783°N 103.000°W Zacatecas — from 24°26′N 103°0′W / 24.433°N 103.000°W Jalisco — from 21°17′N 103°0′W / 21.283°N 103.000°W Michoacán — from 20°11′N 103°0′W / 20.183°N 103.000°W Jalisco — from 19°58′N 103°0′W / 19.967°N 103.000°W, passing through Lake Chapala Michoacán — from 19°3′N 103°0′W / 19.050°N 103.000°W |
18°10′N 103°0′W / 18.167°N 103.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 103°0′W / 60.000°S 103.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
72°21′S 103°0′W / 72.350°S 103.000°W | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |
73°15′S 103°0′W / 73.250°S 103.000°W | Southern Ocean | Amundsen Sea |
74°52′S 103°0′W / 74.867°S 103.000°W | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |