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96th meridian west
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    • 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

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    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 / 90.000°N 96.000°W / 90.000; -96.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
    80°41′N 96°0′W / 80.683°N 96.000°W / 80.683; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
    79°41′N 96°0′W / 79.683°N 96.000°W / 79.683; -96.000 (Massey Sound) Massey Sound
    78°28′N 96°0′W / 78.467°N 96.000°W / 78.467; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island
    77°53′N 96°0′W / 77.883°N 96.000°W / 77.883; -96.000 (Hendriksen Strait) Hendriksen Strait
    77°44′N 96°0′W / 77.733°N 96.000°W / 77.733; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Cornwall Island
    77°29′N 96°0′W / 77.483°N 96.000°W / 77.483; -96.000 (Belcher Channel) Belcher Channel
    77°3′N 96°0′W / 77.050°N 96.000°W / 77.050; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
    76°26′N 96°0′W / 76.433°N 96.000°W / 76.433; -96.000 (Queens Channel) Queens Channel
    75°36′N 96°0′W / 75.600°N 96.000°W / 75.600; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island
    74°53′N 96°0′W / 74.883°N 96.000°W / 74.883; -96.000 (Parry Channel) Parry Channel
    73°55′N 96°0′W / 73.917°N 96.000°W / 73.917; -96.000 (Parry Channel) Peel Sound Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at73°41′N 95°41′W / 73.683°N 95.683°W / 73.683; -95.683 (Somerset Island))
    Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at72°25′N 96°16′W / 72.417°N 96.267°W / 72.417; -96.267 (Prince of Wales Island))
    71°26′N 96°0′W / 71.433°N 96.000°W / 71.433; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland)
    69°49′N 96°0′W / 69.817°N 96.000°W / 69.817; -96.000 (James Ross Strait) James Ross Strait
    69°35′N 96°0′W / 69.583°N 96.000°W / 69.583; -96.000 (Parry Channel) Wellington Strait Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at69°30′N 95°58′W / 69.500°N 95.967°W / 69.500; -95.967 (Matty Island))
    Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut,  Canada (at69°28′N 96°3′W / 69.467°N 96.050°W / 69.467; -96.050 (Tennent Islands))
    69°21′N 96°0′W / 69.350°N 96.000°W / 69.350; -96.000 (Rae Strait) Rae Strait
    69°14′N 96°0′W / 69.233°N 96.000°W / 69.233; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — King William Island
    68°36′N 96°0′W / 68.600°N 96.000°W / 68.600; -96.000 (Simpson Strait) Simpson Strait
    68°15′N 96°0′W / 68.250°N 96.000°W / 68.250; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland)
    68°12′N 96°0′W / 68.200°N 96.000°W / 68.200; -96.000 (Chantrey Inlet) Chantrey Inlet
    67°50′N 96°0′W / 67.833°N 96.000°W / 67.833; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Montreal Island
    67°49′N 96°0′W / 67.817°N 96.000°W / 67.817; -96.000 (Chantrey Inlet) Chantrey Inlet
    67°15′N 96°0′W / 67.250°N 96.000°W / 67.250; -96.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — mainland
    Manitoba — from 60°0′N 96°0′W / 60.000°N 96.000°W / 60.000; -96.000 (Manitoba)
    49°0′N 96°0′W / 49.000°N 96.000°W / 49.000; -96.000 (United States)  United States Minnesota
    Iowa — from 43°30′N 96°0′W / 43.500°N 96.000°W / 43.500; -96.000 (Iowa)
    Nebraska — from 41°32′N 96°0′W / 41.533°N 96.000°W / 41.533; -96.000 (Nebraska), for about 4 km
    Iowa — from 41°31′N 96°0′W / 41.517°N 96.000°W / 41.517; -96.000 (Iowa), for about 4 km
    Nebraska — from 41°29′N 96°0′W / 41.483°N 96.000°W / 41.483; -96.000 (Nebraska), passing through Omaha (at41°15′N 96°0′W / 41.250°N 96.000°W / 41.250; -96.000 (Omaha))
    Kansas — from 40°0′N 96°0′W / 40.000°N 96.000°W / 40.000; -96.000 (Kansas)
    Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 96°0′W / 37.000°N 96.000°W / 37.000; -96.000 (Oklahoma), passing through Tulsa (at36°9′N 96°0′W / 36.150°N 96.000°W / 36.150; -96.000 (Tulsa))
    Texas — from 33°51′N 96°0′W / 33.850°N 96.000°W / 33.850; -96.000 (Texas)
    28°35′N 96°0′W / 28.583°N 96.000°W / 28.583; -96.000 (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico
    19°2′N 96°0′W / 19.033°N 96.000°W / 19.033; -96.000 (Mexico)  Mexico Veracruz — from 19°4′N 96°0′W / 19.067°N 96.000°W / 19.067; -96.000 (Veracruz)
    Oaxaca — from 18°14′N 96°0′W / 18.233°N 96.000°W / 18.233; -96.000 (Oaxaca)
    15°47′N 96°0′W / 15.783°N 96.000°W / 15.783; -96.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
    60°0′S 96°0′W / 60.000°S 96.000°W / -60.000; -96.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
    71°56′S 96°0′W / 71.933°S 96.000°W / -71.933; -96.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory

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