95th meridian west
# 95th meridian west

The meridian 95° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 95th meridian west forms a great circle with the 85th meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 95th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 95.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -95.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°2′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿81.033°N 95.000°W﻿ / 81.033; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island, Bjarnason Island and Axel Heiberg Island again 79°16′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿79.267°N 95.000°W﻿ / 79.267; -95.000﻿ (Massey Sound) Massey Sound 78°25′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.417°N 95.000°W﻿ / 78.417; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Amund Ringnes Island 78°1′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿78.017°N 95.000°W﻿ / 78.017; -95.000﻿ (Hendriksen Strait) Hendriksen Strait 77°47′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.783°N 95.000°W﻿ / 77.783; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Cornwall Island 77°28′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.467°N 95.000°W﻿ / 77.467; -95.000﻿ (Belcher Channel) Belcher Channel 76°59′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.983°N 95.000°W﻿ / 76.983; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island 76°14′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.233°N 95.000°W﻿ / 76.233; -95.000﻿ (Queens Channel) Queens Channel 76°6′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.100°N 95.000°W﻿ / 76.100; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Dundas Island 76°3′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.050°N 95.000°W﻿ / 76.050; -95.000﻿ (Queens Channel) Queens Channel Passing just west of Baillie-Hamilton Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 75°55′N 94°52′W﻿ / ﻿75.917°N 94.867°W﻿ / 75.917; -94.867﻿ (Baillie-Hamilton Island)) 75°37′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿75.617°N 95.000°W﻿ / 75.617; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Cornwallis Island 74°40′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.667°N 95.000°W﻿ / 74.667; -95.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Barrow Strait — passing just west of Griffith Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 74°31′N 95°13′W﻿ / ﻿74.517°N 95.217°W﻿ / 74.517; -95.217﻿ (Griffith Island)) 74°2′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.033°N 95.000°W﻿ / 74.033; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Somerset Island and the Boothia Peninsula (mainland) 69°37′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿69.617°N 95.000°W﻿ / 69.617; -95.000﻿ (Rae Strait) Rae Strait Passing just east of King William Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 68°52′N 95°9′W﻿ / ﻿68.867°N 95.150°W﻿ / 68.867; -95.150﻿ (King William Island)) 68°3′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.050°N 95.000°W﻿ / 68.050; -95.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — mainland Manitoba — from 60°0′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 95.000°W﻿ / 60.000; -95.000﻿ (Manitoba) Ontario — from 52°56′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿52.933°N 95.000°W﻿ / 52.933; -95.000﻿ (Ontario) 49°22′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.367°N 95.000°W﻿ / 49.367; -95.000﻿ (United States)  United States Minnesota — Northwest Angle 49°11′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.183°N 95.000°W﻿ / 49.183; -95.000﻿ (Lake of the Woods) Lake of the Woods 48°58′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿48.967°N 95.000°W﻿ / 48.967; -95.000﻿ (United States)  United States Minnesota Iowa — from 43°30′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿43.500°N 95.000°W﻿ / 43.500; -95.000﻿ (Iowa) Missouri — from 40°34′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿40.567°N 95.000°W﻿ / 40.567; -95.000﻿ (Missouri) Kansas — from 39°54′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.900°N 95.000°W﻿ / 39.900; -95.000﻿ (Kansas) Missouri — from 39°40′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.667°N 95.000°W﻿ / 39.667; -95.000﻿ (Missouri) Kansas — from 39°26′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿39.433°N 95.000°W﻿ / 39.433; -95.000﻿ (Kansas) Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿37.000°N 95.000°W﻿ / 37.000; -95.000﻿ (Oklahoma) Texas — from 33°51′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿33.850°N 95.000°W﻿ / 33.850; -95.000﻿ (Texas), the mainland and Galveston Island 29°10′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿29.167°N 95.000°W﻿ / 29.167; -95.000﻿ (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico 18°34′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿18.567°N 95.000°W﻿ / 18.567; -95.000﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Veracruz Oaxaca — from 17°20′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿17.333°N 95.000°W﻿ / 17.333; -95.000﻿ (Oaxaca) 16°12′N 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿16.200°N 95.000°W﻿ / 16.200; -95.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 95.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -95.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 72°32′S 95°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.533°S 95.000°W﻿ / -72.533; -95.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory
