92nd meridian west explained

The meridian 92° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 92nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 88th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 92nd meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
Arctic OceanPassing just west of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, (at)
Passing just west of Krueger Island, Nunavut, (at)
Nunavut — Fjeldholmen Island
Nansen Sound
NunavutAxel Heiberg Island
Norwegian Bay
NunavutDevon Island
Parry ChannelBarrow Strait
NunavutSomerset Island
Prince Regent Inlet
Gulf of Boothia
NunavutBoothia Peninsula (mainland)
Gulf of BoothiaLord Mayor Bay
Nunavut — mainland
Hudson BayRankin Inlet
Nunavut — mainland
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Ontario — from
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota — from
Iowa — from
Missouri — from
Arkansas — from
Louisiana — from, the mainland and Marsh Island
Gulf of Mexico
Campeche
Tabasco — from
Chiapas — from
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
AntarcticaUnclaimed territory

See also