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The meridian 105° 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 105th meridian west forms a great circle with the 75th meridian east.

The west as the reference meridian for the seventh time zone west of Greenwich, known as UTC-07 or the Mountain Time Zone in North America.

In the United States, Interstate Highway I-25 roughly parallels the meridian from Douglas, Wyoming to Las Vegas, New Mexico. The meridian bisects Denver, Colorado, running parallel to Kalamath Street and passing through Denver Union Station.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 105th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 105°0′W / 90°N 105°W / 90; -105 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
79°19′N 105°0′W / 79.317°N 105°W / 79.317; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellef Ringnes Island
79°2′N 105°0′W / 79.033°N 105°W / 79.033; -105 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
78°31′N 105°0′W / 78.517°N 105°W / 78.517; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellef Ringnes Island
78°29′N 105°0′W / 78.483°N 105°W / 78.483; -105 (Maclean Strait) Maclean Strait
77°32′N 105°0′W / 77.533°N 105°W / 77.533; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Lougheed Island
77°10′N 105°0′W / 77.167°N 105°W / 77.167; -105 (Byam Martin Channel) Byam Martin Channel
75°35′N 105°0′W / 75.583°N 105°W / 75.583; -105 (Byam Channel) Byam Channel Passing just west of Byam Martin Island, Nunavut,  Canada
75°5′N 105°0′W / 75.083°N 105°W / 75.083; -105 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound
73°43′N 105°0′W / 73.717°N 105°W / 73.717; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Stefansson Island
73°0′N 105°0′W / 73°N 105°W / 73; -105 (M'Clintock Channel) M'Clintock Channel
72°12′N 105°0′W / 72.2°N 105°W / 72.2; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island
68°53′N 105°0′W / 68.883°N 105°W / 68.883; -105 (Queen Maud Gulf) Queen Maud Gulf
68°35′N 105°0′W / 68.583°N 105°W / 68.583; -105 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Melbourne Island and the mainland
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewan
49°0′N 105°0′W / 49°N 105°W / 49; -105 (United States)  United States Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
30°40′N 105°0′W / 30.667°N 105°W / 30.667; -105 (Mexico)  Mexico Chihuahua
Durango
Nayarit
Jalisco
19°21′N 105°0′W / 19.35°N 105°W / 19.35; -105 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Isla Salas y Gómez,  Chile
60°0′S 105°0′W / 60°S 105°W / -60; -105 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
74°41′S 105°0′W / 74.683°S 105°W / -74.683; -105 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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