85th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
85°
85th meridian west

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutEllesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Eureka Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutEllesmere Island, Hoved Island and Ellesmere Island again
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Jones Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutDevon Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Parry Channel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutBaffin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Admiralty Inlet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutBaffin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fury and Hecla Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutMelville Peninsula (mainland), White Island and Southampton Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Ontario
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lake Superior
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Michigan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lake Michigan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Michigan
Indiana — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kentucky — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Tennessee — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Georgia — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Alabama — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Georgia — for about 3 km from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Alabama — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Georgia — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Florida — from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., the mainland and St. George Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Mexico Passing just west of  Cuba (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Honduras
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nicaragua Passing through Lake Nicaragua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Costa Rica
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)

See also