87th meridian west

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Line across the Earth
87°
87th meridian west

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:

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
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nansen Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutAxel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island
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. Lancaster Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutBaffin Island and Crown Prince Frederik Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Boothia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Committee Bay Passing just west of Wales Island, Nunavut,  Canada (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.  Canada Nunavut — mainland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Roes Welcome Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada NunavutSouthampton 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 — mainland and Slate Islands
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 WisconsinDoor Peninsula
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 Indiana
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.
Alabama — 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.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mexico Quintana RooYucatán Peninsula and island of Cozumel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just east of Banco Chinchorro,  Mexico (at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Passing just west of the island of Útila,  Honduras (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.  Honduras
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nicaragua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just east of Cocos Island,  Costa Rica (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. Southern Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)

See also