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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.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 106th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 106°0′W / 90°N 106°W / 90; -106 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
78°10′N 106°0′W / 78.167°N 106°W / 78.167; -106 (Maclean Strait) Maclean Strait
77°45′N 106°0′W / 77.75°N 106°W / 77.75; -106 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Lougheed Island
77°41′N 106°0′W / 77.683°N 106°W / 77.683; -106 (Byam Martin Channel) Byam Martin Channel
76°1′N 106°0′W / 76.017°N 106°W / 76.017; -106 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Melville Island
75°3′N 106°0′W / 75.05°N 106°W / 75.05; -106 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound
73°44′N 106°0′W / 73.733°N 106°W / 73.733; -106 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands
69°6′N 106°0′W / 69.1°N 106°W / 69.1; -106 (Dease Strait) Dease Strait
68°54′N 106°0′W / 68.9°N 106°W / 68.9; -106 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewan
49°0′N 106°0′W / 49°N 106°W / 49; -106 (United States)  United States Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
31°23′N 106°0′W / 31.383°N 106°W / 31.383; -106 (Mexico)  Mexico Chihuahua
Durango
Sinaloa
22°48′N 106°0′W / 22.8°N 106°W / 22.8; -106 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 106°0′W / 60°S 106°W / -60; -106 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
75°15′S 106°0′W / 75.25°S 106°W / -75.25; -106 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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