88th meridian west

88th meridian west
The meridian 88° 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 88th meridian west forms a great circle with the 92nd meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 88th 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
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norwegian Bay
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| Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norwegian Bay
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| Nunavut — 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
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Boothia
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| Nunavut — Simpson Peninsula (mainland)
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Committee Bay
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| Nunavut — mainland
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
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| Ontario — mainland and St. Ignace Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Superior
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| Michigan — Keweenaw Peninsula
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mobile Bay
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| Alabama — Mobile Point peninsula
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico
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| Yucatán Quintana Roo — from
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chetumal Bay
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| Ambergris Caye
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing by several islands of
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| Passing just east of San Pedro Sula 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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! scope="row" | Antarctica
| Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province)
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See also
87th meridian west
89th meridian west
w088 meridian west