96th meridian west

The meridian 96° west of Greenwich is a line of longitudethat 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.

Within the United States, the 96th meridian is often viewed as the eastern boundary of the Great Plains and of a region between the 96th and 100th meridians across which the climate changes significantly, with arid deserts to the west and wetter temperate climates to the east.

From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 96th meridian west passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Massey Sound | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Bjarnason Island and Amund Ringnes Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hendriksen Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Cornwall Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Belcher Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Devon Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Queens Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island and Cornwallis Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Parry Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Peel Sound | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Somerset Island, Nunavut, (at ) Passing just east of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, (at )

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Boothia Peninsula (mainland) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | James Ross Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wellington Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just west of Matty Island, Nunavut, (at ) Passing just east of the Tennent Islands, Nunavut, (at ) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Rae Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — King William Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Simpson Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — McCrary Isthmus (mainland) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chantrey Inlet | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Montreal Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chantrey Inlet | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | 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 |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Mexico | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Veracruz — from Oaxaca — from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory

See also 95th meridian west 97th meridian west

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