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85th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 85° 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 85th meridian west forms a great circle with the 95th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 85th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island
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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island, Hoved Island and Ellesmere Island again
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Nunavut — Devon Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland), White Island and Southampton Island
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Northern Ontario
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Michigan
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| ! scope="row" | | Michigan Indiana — from Kentucky — from Tennessee — from Georgia — from Alabama — from Georgia — for about 3 km from Alabama — from Georgia — from Florida — from , the mainland and St. George Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" |

Passing through Lake Nicaragua

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Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province)
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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