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88th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 88° 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 88th meridian west forms a great circle with the 92nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 88th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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Nunavut — Devon Island
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Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Simpson Peninsula (mainland)
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Nunavut — mainland
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Ontario — mainland and St. Ignace Island
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Michigan — Keweenaw Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Michigan Wisconsin — from , passing through Milwaukee (at ) Illinois — from , passing through the outskirts of Chicago (at ) Indiana — for about 2 km from Illinois — for about 4 km from Indiana — from Kentucky — from Tennessee — from Alabama — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mobile Bay |- | ! scope="row" |

Alabama — Mobile Point peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Yucatán Quintana Roo — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chetumal Bay |- | ! scope="row" |

Ambergris Caye
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Passing just east of San Pedro Sula at

| ! scope="row" | | Morazán — Passing through the districts of Corinto, Sociedad, and Jocoro. La Unión — Passing through the districts of Yucuaiquín, Yayantique, El Carmen and Intipucá from |- ! 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?".
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