88th meridian west

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88th meridian west

The meridian 88° 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 88th meridian west forms a great circle with the 92nd meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 88th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean
 Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Nansen Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Axel Heiberg Island
Norwegian Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Norwegian Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
Jones Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Devon Island
Lancaster Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Gulf of Boothia
 Canada Nunavut - Simpson Peninsula (mainland)
Committee Bay
 Canada Nunavut - mainland
Hudson Bay
 Canada Ontario - mainland and St. Ignace Island
Lake Superior
 United States Michigan - Keweenaw Peninsula
Lake Superior Keweenaw Bay
 United States Michigan
Wisconsin - passing through Milwaukee
Illinois - passing through the outskirts of Chicago
Indiana - for about 2km
Illinois - for about 4km
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mobile Bay
 United States Alabama - Mobile Point peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
 Mexico
Chetumal Bay
 Belize Ambergris Caye
Caribbean Sea Passing by several islands of  Belize
 Honduras
 El Salvador
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)

See also