The meridian 124° 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 124th meridian west forms a great circle with the 56th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 124th meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 124°0′W / 90.000°N 124.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
76°10′N 124°0′W / 76.167°N 124.000°W | Beaufort Sea | |
75°8′N 124°0′W / 75.133°N 124.000°W | M'Clure Strait | |
74°24′N 124°0′W / 74.400°N 124.000°W | Canada | Northwest Territories — Banks Island |
73°51′N 124°0′W / 73.850°N 124.000°W | Beaufort Sea | Burnett Bay |
73°40′N 124°0′W / 73.667°N 124.000°W | Canada | Northwest Territories — Banks Island |
71°40′N 124°0′W / 71.667°N 124.000°W | Amundsen Gulf | |
69°23′N 124°0′W / 69.383°N 124.000°W | Canada | Northwest Territories — passing through the Great Bear Lake Yukon — for about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from 60°6′N 124°0′W / 60.100°N 124.000°W, the easternmost part of the territory British Columbia — from 60°0′N 124°0′W / 60.000°N 124.000°W |
49°33′N 124°0′W / 49.550°N 124.000°W | Strait of Georgia | |
49°14′N 124°0′W / 49.233°N 124.000°W | Canada | British Columbia — Vancouver Island; passing through Nanaimo |
48°24′N 124°0′W / 48.400°N 124.000°W | Strait of Juan de Fuca | |
48°10′N 124°0′W / 48.167°N 124.000°W | United States | Washington Oregon — from 46°16′N 124°0′W / 46.267°N 124.000°W |
46°12′N 124°0′W / 46.200°N 124.000°W | Pacific Ocean | Passing just west of the coast of Oregon, United States |
45°5′N 124°0′W / 45.083°N 124.000°W | United States | Oregon California — from 42°0′N 124°0′W / 42.000°N 124.000°W |
39°59′N 124°0′W / 39.983°N 124.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 124°0′W / 60.000°S 124.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
73°34′S 124°0′W / 73.567°S 124.000°W | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |