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95th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 95° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 95th meridian west passes through:

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Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island, Bjarnason Island and Axel Heiberg Island again
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Nunavut — Amund Ringnes Island
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Nunavut — Cornwall Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Devon Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Queens Channel |- | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Dundas Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Cornwallis Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Somerset Island and the Boothia Peninsula (mainland)
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| ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from Ontario — from |- | ! scope="row" |

Minnesota — Northwest Angle
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| ! scope="row" | | Minnesota Iowa — from Missouri — from Kansas — from Missouri — from Kansas — from Oklahoma — from Texas — from , the mainland and Galveston Island |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Veracruz Oaxaca — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Unclaimed territory
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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