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: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Maclean Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Lougheed Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byam Martin Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound |- | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Dease Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut Northwest Territories — from Saskatchewan — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Montana Wyoming — from Colorado — from New Mexico — from , passing through Santa Fe (at ) Texas — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Chihuahua Durango — from Sinaloa — from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |- |} See also 105th meridian west 107th meridian west w106 meridian west