The meridian 114° 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.

Line across the Earth
114°
114th meridian west

114°W is the Fifth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.

The 114th meridian west forms a great circle with the 66th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 114th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 114°0′W / 90.000°N 114.000°W / 90.000; -114.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
77°57′N 114°0′W / 77.950°N 114.000°W / 77.950; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesBrock Island
77°43′N 114°0′W / 77.717°N 114.000°W / 77.717; -114.000 (Ballantyne Strait) Ballantyne Strait
77°19′N 114°0′W / 77.317°N 114.000°W / 77.317; -114.000 Unnamed waterbody Passing just west of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, Northwest Territories,   Canada (at 77°7′N 113°54′W / 77.117°N 113.900°W / 77.117; -113.900 (Fitzwilliam Owen Island))
76°54′N 114°0′W / 76.900°N 114.000°W / 76.900; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesEmerald Isle
76°43′N 114°0′W / 76.717°N 114.000°W / 76.717; -114.000 Unnamed waterbody
76°16′N 114°0′W / 76.267°N 114.000°W / 76.267; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesMelville Island
75°28′N 114°0′W / 75.467°N 114.000°W / 75.467; -114.000 (Murray Inlet) Murray Inlet
75°3′N 114°0′W / 75.050°N 114.000°W / 75.050; -114.000 (Liddon Gulf) Liddon Gulf
74°47′N 114°0′W / 74.783°N 114.000°W / 74.783; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesMelville Island
74°31′N 114°0′W / 74.517°N 114.000°W / 74.517; -114.000 (M'Clure Strait) M'Clure Strait
73°55′N 114°0′W / 73.917°N 114.000°W / 73.917; -114.000 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound
73°13′N 114°0′W / 73.217°N 114.000°W / 73.217; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
72°48′N 114°0′W / 72.800°N 114.000°W / 72.800; -114.000 (Richard Collinson Inlet) Richard Collinson Inlet
72°38′N 114°0′W / 72.633°N 114.000°W / 72.633; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
70°42′N 114°0′W / 70.700°N 114.000°W / 70.700; -114.000 (Prince Albert Sound) Prince Albert Sound
70°17′N 114°0′W / 70.283°N 114.000°W / 70.283; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Northwest TerritoriesVictoria Island
Nunavut — from 70°0′N 114°0′W / 70.000°N 114.000°W / 70.000; -114.000 (Nunavut) on Victoria Island
69°15′N 114°0′W / 69.250°N 114.000°W / 69.250; -114.000 (Dolphin and Union Strait) Dolphin and Union Strait
68°23′N 114°0′W / 68.383°N 114.000°W / 68.383; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut — mainland
68°14′N 114°0′W / 68.233°N 114.000°W / 68.233; -114.000 (Coronation Gulf) Coronation Gulf
67°58′N 114°0′W / 67.967°N 114.000°W / 67.967; -114.000 (Canada)   Canada NunavutBerens Islands and mainland
Northwest Territories — from 65°57′N 114°0′W / 65.950°N 114.000°W / 65.950; -114.000 (Northwest Territories), passing through the Great Slave Lake
Alberta — from 60°0′N 114°0′W / 60.000°N 114.000°W / 60.000; -114.000 (Alberta), passing through Calgary at 51°2′N 114°0′W / 51.033°N 114.000°W / 51.033; -114.000 (Calgary)
49°0′N 114°0′W / 49.000°N 114.000°W / 49.000; -114.000 (United States)   United States Montana
Idaho — from 45°42′N 114°0′W / 45.700°N 114.000°W / 45.700; -114.000 (Idaho)
Utah — from 42°0′N 114°0′W / 42.000°N 114.000°W / 42.000; -114.000 (Utah)
Arizona — from 37°0′N 114°0′W / 37.000°N 114.000°W / 37.000; -114.000 (Arizona)
32°14′N 114°0′W / 32.233°N 114.000°W / 32.233; -114.000 (Mexico)   Mexico Sonora
31°31′N 114°0′W / 31.517°N 114.000°W / 31.517; -114.000 (Gulf of California) Gulf of California
29°34′N 114°0′W / 29.567°N 114.000°W / 29.567; -114.000 (Mexico)   Mexico Baja California
Baja California Sur — from 28°0′N 114°0′W / 28.000°N 114.000°W / 28.000; -114.000 (Baja California Sur)
26°58′N 114°0′W / 26.967°N 114.000°W / 26.967; -114.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 114°0′W / 60.000°S 114.000°W / -60.000; -114.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
73°51′S 114°0′W / 73.850°S 114.000°W / -73.850; -114.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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