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120th meridian west, the Glossary

The meridian 120° 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.^[1]

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Alaska Time Zone

The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00).

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Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Amundsen Gulf

Amundsen Gulf is a gulf located mainly in the Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories, Canada with a small section in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions.

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Banks Island

Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Continental Divide of the Americas

The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas.

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Great Bear Lake

Great Bear Lake (Sahtú; Grand lac de l'Ours) is a lake in the boreal forest of Canada.

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Great circle

In mathematics, a great circle or orthodrome is the circular intersection of a sphere and a plane passing through the sphere's center point.

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Intersection Mountain

Intersection Mountain is a mountain on the Continental Divide.

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Longitude

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. 120th meridian west and Longitude are meridians (geography).

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M'Clure Strait

The M'Clure Strait (sometimes rendered McClure Strait) is a strait on the edge of the Canadian Northwest Territories.

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Madera, California

Madera (Spanish for "Wood") is a city and county seat of Madera County, located in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Prime meridian

A prime meridian is an arbitrarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. 120th meridian west and prime meridian are meridians (geography).

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Prince of Wales Strait

The Prince of Wales Strait is a strait in the Northwest Territories of Canada separating Banks Island to the northwest from Victoria Island to the southeast.

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Prince Patrick Island

A member of the Arctic Archipelago, Prince Patrick Island is the westernmost of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Northwest Territories of Canada, lying northwest of Melville Island.

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Santa Barbara Channel

The Santa Barbara Channel is a portion of the Southern California Bight and separates the mainland of California from the northern Channel Islands.

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Santa Rosa Island (California)

Santa Rosa Island (Spanish: Isla de Santa Rosa; Chumash: Wi'ma) is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres (215.27 km2 or 83.118 sq mi).

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South Lake Tahoe, California

South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole, at a distance of 20,004 km (12,430 miles) in all directions.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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Territorial claims in Antarctica

Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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UTC−08:00

UTC−08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −08:00.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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119th meridian west

The meridian 119° 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. 120th meridian west and 119th meridian west are meridians (geography).

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121st meridian west

The meridian 121° 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. 120th meridian west and 121st meridian west are meridians (geography).

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60th meridian east

The meridian 60° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. 120th meridian west and 60th meridian east are meridians (geography).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120th_meridian_west

Also known as 120°W, Longitude 120 degrees W.

120th meridian west, the Glossary

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Borders of Alberta

Borders of British Columbia

Borders of California

Borders of Nevada

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