87th meridian west
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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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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
Nunavut — Ellesmere 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
Nunavut — Axel 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
Nunavut — Devon 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
Nunavut — Baffin 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
Nunavut — 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 — 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
Wisconsin — Door 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 Roo — Yucatán 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)