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The meridian 115° 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 115th meridian west forms a great circle with the 65th meridian east.

Between the equator and the 60th parallel south it forms the eastern boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the western boundary of the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 115th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 115°0′W / 90°N 115°W / 90; -115 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
77°58′N 115°0′W / 77.967°N 115°W / 77.967; -115 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Brock Island
77°55′N 115°0′W / 77.917°N 115°W / 77.917; -115 (Ballantyne Strait) Ballantyne Strait
77°19′N 115°0′W / 77.317°N 115°W / 77.317; -115 Unnamed waterbody Passing just west of Emerald Isle, Northwest Territories,  Canada
76°28′N 115°0′W / 76.467°N 115°W / 76.467; -115 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
74°58′N 115°0′W / 74.967°N 115°W / 74.967; -115 (M'Clure Strait) M'Clure Strait
73°18′N 115°0′W / 73.3°N 115°W / 73.3; -115 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
70°36′N 115°0′W / 70.6°N 115°W / 70.6; -115 (Prince Albert Sound) Prince Albert Sound
70°17′N 115°0′W / 70.283°N 115°W / 70.283; -115 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
Nunavut - Victoria Island
68°52′N 115°0′W / 68.867°N 115°W / 68.867; -115 (Dolphin and Union Strait) Dolphin and Union Strait
70°17′N 115°0′W / 70.283°N 115°W / 70.283; -115 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - mainland
68°10′N 115°0′W / 68.167°N 115°W / 68.167; -115 (Coronation Gulf) Coronation Gulf
67°48′N 115°0′W / 67.8°N 115°W / 67.8; -115 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake
Alberta
British Columbia
49°0′N 115°0′W / 49°N 115°W / 49; -115 (United States)  United States Montana
Idaho
Nevada
California
32°42′N 115°0′W / 32.7°N 115°W / 32.7; -115 (Mexico)  Mexico Baja California
Sonora
Baja California
Sonora
Baja California
29°23′N 115°0′W / 29.383°N 115°W / 29.383; -115 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay
27°50′N 115°0′W / 27.833°N 115°W / 27.833; -115 (Mexico)  Mexico Baja California Sur
27°43′N 115°0′W / 27.717°N 115°W / 27.717; -115 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Clarion Island,  Mexico
60°0′S 115°0′W / 60°S 115°W / -60; -115 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
74°2′S 115°0′W / 74.033°S 115°W / -74.033; -115 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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