The meridian 117° 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 117th meridian west forms a great circle with the 63rd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 117th meridian west passes through:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Prince Patrick Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Fitzwilliam Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kellett Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Purchase Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clure Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Banks Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince of Wales Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Victoria Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince Albert Sound | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories — Victoria Island Nunavut — from on Victoria Island Northwest Territories — from on Victoria Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Dolphin and Union Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut Northwest Territories — from Alberta — from British Columbia — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Idaho Washington — from Oregon — from Idaho — from Oregon — from Idaho — from Nevada — from California — from and passing through San Diego at .
! scope="row" | | Baja California — passing through Tijuana |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory
See also 116th meridian west 118th meridian west References