94th meridian west

The meridian 94° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
94°
94th meridian west

The 94th meridian west forms a great circle with the 86th meridian east.

In the United States, the meridian runs just east of, and approximately parallel to, part of the border of Texas with Arkansas and Louisiana.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 94th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 94°0′W Arctic Ocean
81°21′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
78°53′N 94°0′W Norwegian Bay
77°44′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Cornwall Island
77°27′N 94°0′W Belcher Channel
76°55′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
76°15′N 94°0′W Wellington Channel
75°28′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Cornwallis Island
74°39′N 94°0′W Parry Channel Barrow Strait
74°8′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Somerset Island
72°10′N 94°0′W Gulf of Boothia Brentford Bay
71°48′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — mainland
68°48′N 94°0′W Rasmussen Basin
68°27′N 94°0′W  Canada Nunavut — mainland
61°5′N 94°0′W Hudson Bay
58°46′N 94°0′W  Canada Manitoba
Ontario — from 53°32′N 94°0′W
48°39′N 94°0′W  United States Minnesota
Iowa — from 43°30′N 94°0′W
Missouri — from 40°34′N 94°0′W
Arkansas — from 36°30′N 94°0′W
Louisiana — from 33°1′N 94°0′W
Texas — from 31°58′N 94°0′W
29°40′N 94°0′W Gulf of Mexico
18°15′N 94°0′W  Mexico Tabasco
Veracruz — from 17°50′N 94°0′W
Oaxaca — from 17°9′N 94°0′W
Chiapas — from 16°48′N 94°0′W
16°0′N 94°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 94°0′W Southern Ocean
72°31′S 94°0′W Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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