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The '''meridian 96° west of [[Prime Meridian|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 '''meridian 96° west of [[Prime Meridian|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]].
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Starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the 96th meridian west passes through:
Starting at the [[North Pole]] and heading south to the [[South Pole]], the 96th meridian west passes through:


:{| class="wikitable"
:{| class="wikitable"
! width="120" | Co-ordinates
! Country, territory or sea
! Country, territory or sea
! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|90|0|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Arctic Ocean}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Arctic Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|80|41|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Axel Heiberg Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Axel Heiberg Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|79|41|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Massey Sound}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Massey Sound]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Massey Sound]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|78|28|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Amund Ringnes Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Bjarnason Island]] and [[Amund Ringnes Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|77|53|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Hendriksen Strait}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Hendriksen Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Hendriksen Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|77|44|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Cornwall Island (Nunavut)|Cornwall Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Cornwall Island (Nunavut)|Cornwall Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|77|29|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Belcher Channel}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Belcher Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Belcher Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|77|3|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Devon Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Devon Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|76|26|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Queens Channel}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Queens Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Queens Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|75|36|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Little Cornwallis Island]] and [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Little Cornwallis Island]] and [[Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)|Cornwallis Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|74|53|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Parry Channel}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Parry Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Parry Channel]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
⚫
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|73|55|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Parry Channel}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Peel Sound]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Peel Sound]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between [[Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)|Prince of Wales Island]] and [[Somerset Island (Nunavut)|Somerset Island]], [[Nunavut]], {{CAN}}
⚫
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|71|26|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Boothia Peninsula]] (mainland), [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Boothia Peninsula]] (mainland)
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|49|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=James Ross Strait}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[James Ross Strait]]
⚫
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|35|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Parry Channel}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Wellington Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Wellington Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between the [[Tennent Islands]] and [[Matty Island]], [[Nunavut]], {{CAN}}
⚫
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|69|21|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Rae Strait}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Rae Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|69|14|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[King William Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[King William Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|68|36|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Simpson Strait}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Simpson Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Simpson Strait]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|68|15|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[McCrary Isthmus]] (mainland), [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[McCrary Isthmus]] (mainland)
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|68|12|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chantrey Inlet}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chantrey Inlet]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chantrey Inlet]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|67|50|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Montreal Island (Nunavut)|Montreal Island]], [[Nunavut]]
| [[Nunavut]] - [[Montreal Island (Nunavut)|Montreal Island]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|67|49|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Chantrey Inlet}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chantrey Inlet]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Chantrey Inlet]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|67|15|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Canada}}
| {{CAN}}
| {{CAN}}
| [[Nunavut]] - mainland<br/
| [[Nunavut]] - mainland<br/
> [[Manitoba]]
> [[Manitoba]]
|-valign="top"
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|49|0|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=United States}}
| {{USA}}
| {{USA}}
| [[Minnesota]]<br/
| [[Minnesota]]<br/
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> [[Kansas]]<br/
> [[Kansas]]<br/
> [[Oklahoma]]<br/
> [[Oklahoma]]<br/
> [[Texas]] - mainland and [[Galveston Island]]
> [[Texas]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|28|35|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Gulf of Mexico}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-valign="top"
|-valign="top"
| {{Coord|19|2|N|96|0|W|type:country|name=Mexico}}
| {{MEX}}
| {{MEX}}
| [[Veracruz]]<br/
| [[Veracruz]]<br/
> [[Oaxaca]]
> [[Oaxaca]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|15|47|N|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|60|0|S|96|0|W|type:waterbody|name=Southern Ocean}}
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Southern Ocean]]
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
|-
|-
| {{Coord|71|56|S|96|0|W|type:country|name=Antarctica}}
| [[Antarctica]]
| [[Antarctica]]
| [[List of Antarctic territorial claims|Unclaimed territory]]
| [[List of Antarctic territorial claims|Unclaimed territory]]

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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.

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 between Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island, Nunavut,  Canada
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 between the Tennent Islands and Matty Island, Nunavut,  Canada
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
49°0′N 96°0′W / 49.000°N 96.000°W / 49.000; -96.000 (United States)  United States Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
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
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

See also

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