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91st meridian west

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The meridian 91° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude[1] 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.

Line across the Earth
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91st meridian west (interactive map)

The 91st meridian west forms a great ellipse with the 89th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 91st meridian west passes through:

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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 91°0′W Arctic Ocean
81°49′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
81°32′N 91°0′W Nansen Sound
80°43′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island
78°8′N 91°0′W Norwegian Bay
77°38′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Graham Island and Buckingham Island
77°8′N 91°0′W Norwegian Bay
76°39′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Devon Island
74°42′N 91°0′W Parry Channel Barrow Strait
74°0′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Somerset Island
73°27′N 91°0′W Prince Regent Inlet
71°30′N 91°0′W Gulf of Boothia
69°37′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — mainland
62°56′N 91°0′W Hudson Bay
62°40′N 91°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Marble Island
62°39′N 91°0′W Hudson Bay
57°16′N 91°0′W  Canada Manitoba
Ontario — from 55°35′N 91°0′W
48°12′N 91°0′W  United States Minnesota
47°28′N 91°0′W Lake Superior
46°55′N 91°0′W  United States Wisconsin
Iowa — from 42°43′N 91°0′W
Illinois — from 41°26′N 91°0′W
Iowa — from 41°9′N 91°0′W
Illinois — from 40°53′N 91°0′W
Missouri — from 39°25′N 91°0′W
Arkansas — from 36°30′N 91°0′W
Mississippi — from 33°58′N 91°0′W
Arkansas — for about 2 km from 33°47′N 91°0′W on Beulah Island Number 74
Mississippi — from 33°46′N 91°0′W
Louisiana — from 32°26′N 91°0′W
Mississippi — for about 4 km from 32°23′N 91°0′W
Louisiana — from 32°21′N 91°0′W
Mississippi — from 32°11′N 91°0′W
Louisiana — from 31°0′N 91°0′W
29°10′N 91°0′W Gulf of Mexico
19°7′N 91°0′W  Mexico Campeche
Tabasco — from 17°57′N 91°0′W, mostly running roughly parallel to the border with Guatemala, which is about 2 km further east
17°15′N 91°0′W  Guatemala
16°53′N 91°0′W  Mexico Chiapas
16°4′N 91°0′W  Guatemala
13°55′N 91°0′W Pacific Ocean Passing just west of Pinta Island, Galápagos,  Ecuador (at 0°36′N 90°47′W)
Passing just west of Santiago Island, Galápagos,  Ecuador (at 0°15′S 90°52′W)
0°23′S 91°0′W  Ecuador Isabela Island, Galápagos
0°58′S 91°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 91°0′W Southern Ocean Passing just west of Peter I Island, claimed by  Norway (at 68°47′S 90°43′W)
72°32′S 91°0′W Antarctica Unclaimed territory
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