86th meridian west

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86th meridian west

The meridian 86° 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 86th meridian west forms a great circle with the 94th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 86th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 86°0′W	Arctic Ocean
82°14′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Stor Island and Ellesmere Island again
76°22′N 86°0′W	Jones Sound
75°32′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Devon Island
74°29′N 86°0′W	Lancaster Sound
73°51′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
73°19′N 86°0′W	Admiralty Inlet
72°18′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Yeoman Island
72°15′N 86°0′W	Admiralty Inlet
71°46′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
70°4′N 86°0′W	Gulf of Boothia
68°0′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland)
66°1′N 86°0′W	Roes Welcome Sound
65°41′N 86°0′W	Canada	Nunavut — Southampton Island
63°41′N 86°0′W	Hudson Bay
55°40′N 86°0′W	Canada	Ontario
48°4′N 86°0′W	Lake Superior	Passing just west of Michipicoten Island, Ontario, Canada (at 47°43′N 85°57′W)
46°40′N 86°0′W	United States	Michigan
45°57′N 86°0′W	Lake Michigan
45°9′N 86°0′W	United States	Michigan — North Manitou Island and mainland Indiana — from 41°45′N 86°0′W Kentucky — from 38°0′N 86°0′W Tennessee — from 36°38′N 86°0′W Alabama — from 35°0′N 86°0′W Florida — from 31°0′N 86°0′W
30°16′N 86°0′W	Gulf of Mexico
21°45′N 86°0′W	Caribbean Sea	Passing between the islands of Roatán (at 16°25′N 86°12′W) and Guanaja (at 16°24′N 85°58′W), Honduras
16°1′N 86°0′W	Honduras
13°58′N 86°0′W	Nicaragua
11°20′N 86°0′W	Pacific Ocean	Passing just west of Costa Rica (at 10°53′N 85°57′W)
60°0′S 86°0′W	Southern Ocean
72°58′S 86°0′W	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)

See also

• 85th meridian west
• 87th meridian west