The meridian 102° 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 102nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 78th meridian east.
In Canada, the borders between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and between Saskatchewan and Manitoba are defined by the parallel. At the 60th parallel north, these borders meet at Canada's Four Corners. 102°W is the Second Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey.
In the United
States, the meridian formed the eastern border of the historic
and extralegal Territory of
Jefferson. The eastern border of Colorado with Nebraska and Kansas lies on the 25th meridian west from
Washington, which lies a couple of miles west of the 102nd
meridian west.
Starting at the North
Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 102nd meridian west passes
through:
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