96th meridian west explained

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.

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
	Arctic Ocean
		Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
	Massey Sound
		Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island
	Hendriksen Strait
		Nunavut — Cornwall Island
	Belcher Channel
		Nunavut — Devon Island
	Queens Channel
		Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island
	Parry Channel
	Peel Sound	Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut, (at) Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, (at)
		Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland)
	James Ross Strait
	Wellington Strait	Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut, (at) Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut, (at)
	Rae Strait
		Nunavut — King William Island
	Simpson Strait
		Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland)
	Chantrey Inlet
		Nunavut — Montreal Island
	Chantrey Inlet
		Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from
		Minnesota Iowa — from Nebraska — from, for about 4 km Iowa — from, for about 4 km Nebraska — from, passing through Omaha (at) Kansas — from Oklahoma — from, passing through Tulsa (at) Texas — from
	Gulf of Mexico
		Veracruz — from Oaxaca — from
	Pacific Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Unclaimed territory

See also

• 95th meridian west
• 97th meridian west