96th meridian west

The meridian 96° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
96°
96th meridian west

The 96th meridian west forms a great circle with the 84th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 96th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 96°0′W Arctic Ocean
80°41′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
79°41′N 96°0′W Massey Sound
78°28′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island
77°53′N 96°0′W Hendriksen Strait
77°44′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Cornwall Island
77°29′N 96°0′W Belcher Channel
77°3′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
76°26′N 96°0′W Queens Channel
75°36′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island
74°53′N 96°0′W Parry Channel
73°55′N 96°0′W Peel Sound Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 73°41′N 95°41′W)
Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 72°25′N 96°16′W)
71°26′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland)
69°49′N 96°0′W James Ross Strait
69°35′N 96°0′W Wellington Strait Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 69°30′N 95°58′W)
Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut,  Canada (at 69°28′N 96°3′W)
69°21′N 96°0′W Rae Strait
69°14′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — King William Island
68°36′N 96°0′W Simpson Strait
68°15′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland)
68°12′N 96°0′W Chantrey Inlet
67°50′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Montreal Island
67°49′N 96°0′W Chantrey Inlet
67°15′N 96°0′W  Canada Nunavut — mainland
Manitoba — from 60°0′N 96°0′W
49°0′N 96°0′W  United States Minnesota
Iowa — from 43°30′N 96°0′W
Nebraska — from 41°32′N 96°0′W, for about 4 km
Iowa — from 41°31′N 96°0′W, for about 4 km
Nebraska — from 41°29′N 96°0′W, passing through Omaha (at 41°15′N 96°0′W)
Kansas — from 40°0′N 96°0′W
Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 96°0′W, passing through Tulsa (at 36°9′N 96°0′W)
Texas — from 33°51′N 96°0′W
28°35′N 96°0′W Gulf of Mexico
19°2′N 96°0′W  Mexico Veracruz — from 19°4′N 96°0′W
Oaxaca — from 18°14′N 96°0′W
15°47′N 96°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 96°0′W Southern Ocean
71°56′S 96°0′W Antarctica Unclaimed territory

See also
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