86th meridian west

The meridian 86° 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 Caribbean Sea, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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

From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 86th meridian west passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -86°W
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 * 82.23333°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Ellesmere Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Stor Island and Ellesmere Island again
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.36667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.36667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 75.53333°N, -86°W
 * 75.53333°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Devon Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.48333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.48333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73.85°N, -86°W
 * 73.85°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.31667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.31667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 72.3°N, -86°W
 * 72.3°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Yeoman Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.25°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 72.25°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 71.76667°N, -86°W
 * 71.76667°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.06667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 70.06667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 68°N, -86°W
 * 68°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.01667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 66.01667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 65.68333°N, -86°W
 * 65.68333°N, -86°W
 * Nunavut — Southampton Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.68333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 63.68333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 55.66667°N, -86°W
 * 55.66667°N, -86°W
 * Ontario
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 48.06667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Michipicoten Island, Ontario, 🇨🇦 (at 47.71667°N, -85.95°W)
 * 46.66667°N, -86°W
 * 46.66667°N, -86°W
 * Michigan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.95°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 45.95°N, -86°W
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 * 45.15°N, -86°W
 * Michigan — North Manitou Island and mainland Indiana — from 41.75°N, -86°W Kentucky — from 38°N, -86°W Tennessee — from 36.63333°N, -86°W Alabama — from 35°N, -86°W Florida — from 31°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30.26667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 30.26667°N, -86°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 21.75°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the islands of Roatán (at 16.41667°N, -86.2°W) and Guanaja (at 16.4°N, -85.96667°W), 🇭🇳
 * 16.01667°N, -86°W
 * 16.01667°N, -86°W
 * 13.96667°N, -86°W
 * 13.96667°N, -86°W
 * 13.96667°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.33333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.33333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 11.33333°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of 🇨🇷 (at 10.88333°N, -85.95°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -86°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * -72.96667°N, -86°W
 * -72.96667°N, -86°W
 * Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province)
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