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87th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 87° 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 87th meridian west forms a great circle with the 93rd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 87th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Devon Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island and Crown Prince Frederik Island
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Nunavut — mainland
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Nunavut — Southampton Island
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Ontario — mainland and Slate Islands
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Michigan
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Wisconsin — Door Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Indiana Kentucky — from Tennessee — from Alabama — from Florida — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico |- | ! scope="row" | | Quintana Roo — Yucatán Peninsula and island of Cozumel |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea Passing just west of the island of Útila, (at ) |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province)
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. Chisholm, Hugh. (1911). "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information". [[Encyclopædia Britannica Company]].
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