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.

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:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 90°N, -96°W
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 * 80.68333°N, -96°W
 * 80.68333°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.68333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 79.68333°N, -96°W
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 * 78.46667°N, -96°W
 * 78.46667°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.88333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.88333°N, -96°W
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 * 77.73333°N, -96°W
 * 77.73333°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Cornwall Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.48333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77.48333°N, -96°W
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 * 77.05°N, -96°W
 * 77.05°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Devon Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.43333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 76.43333°N, -96°W
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 * 75.6°N, -96°W
 * 75.6°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.88333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 74.88333°N, -96°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73.91667°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 73.68333°N, -95.68333°W) Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 72.41667°N, -96.26667°W)
 * 71.43333°N, -96°W
 * 71.43333°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.81667°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.81667°N, -96°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.58333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 69.5°N, -95.96667°W) Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut, 🇨🇦 (at 69.46667°N, -96.05°W)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.35°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 69.35°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 69.23333°N, -96°W
 * 69.23333°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — King William Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.6°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.6°N, -96°W
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 * 68.25°N, -96°W
 * 68.25°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.2°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 68.2°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 67.83333°N, -96°W
 * 67.83333°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — Montreal Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.81667°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 67.81667°N, -96°W
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 * 67.25°N, -96°W
 * Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from 60°N, -96°W
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 * 49°N, -96°W
 * Minnesota Iowa — from 43.5°N, -96°W Nebraska — from 41.53333°N, -96°W, for about 4 km Iowa — from 41.51667°N, -96°W, for about 4 km Nebraska — from 41.48333°N, -96°W, passing through Omaha (at 41.25°N, -96°W) Kansas — from 40°N, -96°W Oklahoma — from 37°N, -96°W, passing through Tulsa (at 36.15°N, -96°W) Texas — from 33.85°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 28.58333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 28.58333°N, -96°W
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 * 19.03333°N, -96°W
 * Veracruz — from 19.06667°N, -96°W Oaxaca — from 18.23333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15.78333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 15.78333°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -60°N, -96°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * -71.93333°N, -96°W
 * -71.93333°N, -96°W
 * Unclaimed territory
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