87th meridian west

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:
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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| Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Nansen Sound
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| Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Jones Sound
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| Nunavut — Devon Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lancaster Sound
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| Nunavut — Baffin Island and Crown Prince Frederik Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Boothia
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Committee Bay
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Wales Island, Nunavut, (at )
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| Nunavut — mainland
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Roes Welcome Sound
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| Nunavut — Southampton Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
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| Ontario — mainland and Slate Islands
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Superior
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| Michigan
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Michigan
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| Wisconsin — Door Peninsula
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| Indiana Kentucky — from Tennessee — from Alabama — from Florida — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico
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| Quintana Roo — Yucatán Peninsula and island of Cozumel
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just east of Banco Chinchorro, (at ) Passing just west of the island of Útila, (at )
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean
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| Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province)
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See also
86th meridian west
88th meridian west
w087 meridian west