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86th meridian west

The meridian 86° 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 86th meridian west forms a great circle with the 94th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 86th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 86°0′W / 90°N 86°W / 90; -86 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
82°14′N 86°0′W / 82.233°N 86°W / 82.233; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Stor Island and Ellesmere Island again
76°22′N 86°0′W / 76.367°N 86°W / 76.367; -86 (Jones Sound) Jones Sound
75°32′N 86°0′W / 75.533°N 86°W / 75.533; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Devon Island
74°29′N 86°0′W / 74.483°N 86°W / 74.483; -86 (Lancaster Sound) Lancaster Sound
73°51′N 86°0′W / 73.85°N 86°W / 73.85; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
73°19′N 86°0′W / 73.317°N 86°W / 73.317; -86 (Admiralty Inlet) Admiralty Inlet
72°18′N 86°0′W / 72.3°N 86°W / 72.3; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Yeoman Island
72°15′N 86°0′W / 72.25°N 86°W / 72.25; -86 (Admiralty Inlet) Admiralty Inlet
71°46′N 86°0′W / 71.767°N 86°W / 71.767; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
70°4′N 86°0′W / 70.067°N 86°W / 70.067; -86 (Gulf of Boothia) Gulf of Boothia
68°0′N 86°0′W / 68°N 86°W / 68; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Melville Peninsula (mainland)
66°1′N 86°0′W / 66.017°N 86°W / 66.017; -86 (Roes Welcome Sound) Roes Welcome Sound
65°41′N 86°0′W / 65.683°N 86°W / 65.683; -86 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
63°41′N 86°0′W / 63.683°N 86°W / 63.683; -86 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay
55°40′N 86°0′W / 55.667°N 86°W / 55.667; -86 (Canada)  Canada Ontario
48°4′N 86°0′W / 48.067°N 86°W / 48.067; -86 (Lake Superior) Lake Superior Passing just west of Michipicoten Island, Ontario,  Canada
46°40′N 86°0′W / 46.667°N 86°W / 46.667; -86 (United States)  United States Michigan
45°57′N 86°0′W / 45.95°N 86°W / 45.95; -86 (Lake Michigan) Lake Michigan
45°9′N 86°0′W / 45.15°N 86°W / 45.15; -86 (United States)  United States Michigan - North Manitou Island and mainland
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
30°16′N 86°0′W / 30.267°N 86°W / 30.267; -86 (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico
21°45′N 86°0′W / 21.75°N 86°W / 21.75; -86 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing between the islands of Roatán and Guanaja,  Honduras
16°1′N 86°0′W / 16.017°N 86°W / 16.017; -86 (Honduras)  Honduras
13°58′N 86°0′W / 13.967°N 86°W / 13.967; -86 (Nicaragua)  Nicaragua
11°20′N 86°0′W / 11.333°N 86°W / 11.333; -86 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just west of  Costa Rica
60°0′S 86°0′W / 60°S 86°W / -60; -86 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
72°58′S 86°0′W / 72.967°S 86°W / -72.967; -86 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)

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