# 96th meridian west

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The meridian 96° 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 Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 96th meridian west forms a great circle with the 84th meridian east.
Within the United States, the 96th meridian is often viewed as the eastern boundary of the Great Plains and of a region between the 96th and 100th meridians across which the climate changes significantly, with arid deserts to the west and wetter temperate climates to the east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 96th meridian west passes through:
    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 96.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -96.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 80°41′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿80.683°N 96.000°W﻿ / 80.683; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island 79°41′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿79.683°N 96.000°W﻿ / 79.683; -96.000﻿ (Massey Sound) Massey Sound 78°28′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.467°N 96.000°W﻿ / 78.467; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island 77°53′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.883°N 96.000°W﻿ / 77.883; -96.000﻿ (Hendriksen Strait) Hendriksen Strait 77°44′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.733°N 96.000°W﻿ / 77.733; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Cornwall Island 77°29′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.483°N 96.000°W﻿ / 77.483; -96.000﻿ (Belcher Channel) Belcher Channel 77°3′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.050°N 96.000°W﻿ / 77.050; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island 76°26′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.433°N 96.000°W﻿ / 76.433; -96.000﻿ (Queens Channel) Queens Channel 75°36′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.600°N 96.000°W﻿ / 75.600; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island 74°53′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.883°N 96.000°W﻿ / 74.883; -96.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Parry Channel 73°55′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.917°N 96.000°W﻿ / 73.917; -96.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Peel Sound Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 73°41′N 95°41′W﻿ / ﻿73.683°N 95.683°W﻿ / 73.683; -95.683﻿ (Somerset Island)) Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 72°25′N 96°16′W﻿ / ﻿72.417°N 96.267°W﻿ / 72.417; -96.267﻿ (Prince of Wales Island)) 71°26′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.433°N 96.000°W﻿ / 71.433; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland) 69°49′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.817°N 96.000°W﻿ / 69.817; -96.000﻿ (James Ross Strait) James Ross Strait 69°35′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.583°N 96.000°W﻿ / 69.583; -96.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Wellington Strait Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°30′N 95°58′W﻿ / ﻿69.500°N 95.967°W﻿ / 69.500; -95.967﻿ (Matty Island)) Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°28′N 96°3′W﻿ / ﻿69.467°N 96.050°W﻿ / 69.467; -96.050﻿ (Tennent Islands)) 69°21′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.350°N 96.000°W﻿ / 69.350; -96.000﻿ (Rae Strait) Rae Strait 69°14′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.233°N 96.000°W﻿ / 69.233; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — King William Island 68°36′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.600°N 96.000°W﻿ / 68.600; -96.000﻿ (Simpson Strait) Simpson Strait 68°15′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.250°N 96.000°W﻿ / 68.250; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland) 68°12′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.200°N 96.000°W﻿ / 68.200; -96.000﻿ (Chantrey Inlet) Chantrey Inlet 67°50′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.833°N 96.000°W﻿ / 67.833; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Montreal Island 67°49′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.817°N 96.000°W﻿ / 67.817; -96.000﻿ (Chantrey Inlet) Chantrey Inlet 67°15′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.250°N 96.000°W﻿ / 67.250; -96.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from 60°0′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 96.000°W﻿ / 60.000; -96.000﻿ (Manitoba) 49°0′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.000°N 96.000°W﻿ / 49.000; -96.000﻿ (United States)  United States Minnesota Iowa — from 43°30′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.500°N 96.000°W﻿ / 43.500; -96.000﻿ (Iowa) Nebraska — from 41°32′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.533°N 96.000°W﻿ / 41.533; -96.000﻿ (Nebraska), for about 4 km Iowa — from 41°31′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.517°N 96.000°W﻿ / 41.517; -96.000﻿ (Iowa), for about 4 km Nebraska — from 41°29′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.483°N 96.000°W﻿ / 41.483; -96.000﻿ (Nebraska), passing through Omaha (at 41°15′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.250°N 96.000°W﻿ / 41.250; -96.000﻿ (Omaha)) Kansas — from 40°0′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.000°N 96.000°W﻿ / 40.000; -96.000﻿ (Kansas) Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿37.000°N 96.000°W﻿ / 37.000; -96.000﻿ (Oklahoma), passing through Tulsa (at 36°9′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿36.150°N 96.000°W﻿ / 36.150; -96.000﻿ (Tulsa)) Texas — from 33°51′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.850°N 96.000°W﻿ / 33.850; -96.000﻿ (Texas) 28°35′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿28.583°N 96.000°W﻿ / 28.583; -96.000﻿ (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico 19°2′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.033°N 96.000°W﻿ / 19.033; -96.000﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Veracruz — from 19°4′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿19.067°N 96.000°W﻿ / 19.067; -96.000﻿ (Veracruz) Oaxaca — from 18°14′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.233°N 96.000°W﻿ / 18.233; -96.000﻿ (Oaxaca) 15°47′N 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿15.783°N 96.000°W﻿ / 15.783; -96.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 96.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -96.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 71°56′S 96°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.933°S 96.000°W﻿ / -71.933; -96.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory