85th Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 85th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 85°0′W / 90.000°N 85.000°W / 90.000; -85.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean
82°28′N 85°0′W / 82.467°N 85.000°W / 82.467; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island
79°15′N 85°0′W / 79.250°N 85.000°W / 79.250; -85.000 (Eureka Sound)	Eureka Sound
78°54′N 85°0′W / 78.900°N 85.000°W / 78.900; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Ellesmere Island, Hoved Island and Ellesmere Island again
76°17′N 85°0′W / 76.283°N 85.000°W / 76.283; -85.000 (Jones Sound)	Jones Sound
75°40′N 85°0′W / 75.667°N 85.000°W / 75.667; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Devon Island
74°38′N 85°0′W / 74.633°N 85.000°W / 74.633; -85.000 (Parry Channel)	Parry Channel
73°47′N 85°0′W / 73.783°N 85.000°W / 73.783; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
73°39′N 85°0′W / 73.650°N 85.000°W / 73.650; -85.000 (Admiralty Inlet)	Admiralty Inlet
73°21′N 85°0′W / 73.350°N 85.000°W / 73.350; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Baffin Island
70°5′N 85°0′W / 70.083°N 85.000°W / 70.083; -85.000 (Fury and Hecla Strait)	Fury and Hecla Strait
69°48′N 85°0′W / 69.800°N 85.000°W / 69.800; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Melville Peninsula (mainland), White Island and Southampton Island
63°10′N 85°0′W / 63.167°N 85.000°W / 63.167; -85.000 (Hudson Bay)	Hudson Bay
55°16′N 85°0′W / 55.267°N 85.000°W / 55.267; -85.000 (Canada)	Canada	Ontario
47°35′N 85°0′W / 47.583°N 85.000°W / 47.583; -85.000 (Lake Superior)	Lake Superior
46°46′N 85°0′W / 46.767°N 85.000°W / 46.767; -85.000 (United States)	United States	Michigan
46°0′N 85°0′W / 46.000°N 85.000°W / 46.000; -85.000 (Lake Michigan)	Lake Michigan
45°39′N 85°0′W / 45.650°N 85.000°W / 45.650; -85.000 (United States)	United States	Michigan Indiana — from 41°45′N 85°0′W / 41.750°N 85.000°W / 41.750; -85.000 (Indiana) Kentucky — from 38°46′N 85°0′W / 38.767°N 85.000°W / 38.767; -85.000 (Kentucky) Tennessee — from 36°37′N 85°0′W / 36.617°N 85.000°W / 36.617; -85.000 (Tennessee) Georgia — from 35°0′N 85°0′W / 35.000°N 85.000°W / 35.000; -85.000 (Georgia) Alabama — from 32°31′N 85°0′W / 32.517°N 85.000°W / 32.517; -85.000 (Alabama) Georgia — for about 3km from 32°21′N 85°0′W / 32.350°N 85.000°W / 32.350; -85.000 (Georgia) Alabama — from 32°19′N 85°0′W / 32.317°N 85.000°W / 32.317; -85.000 (Alabama) Georgia — from 32°11′N 85°0′W / 32.183°N 85.000°W / 32.183; -85.000 (Georgia) Florida — from 31°0′N 85°0′W / 31.000°N 85.000°W / 31.000; -85.000 (Florida), the mainland and St. George Island
29°36′N 85°0′W / 29.600°N 85.000°W / 29.600; -85.000 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico	Passing just west of Cuba (at 21°52′N 84°57′W / 21.867°N 84.950°W / 21.867; -84.950 (Cuba))
21°50′N 85°0′W / 21.833°N 85.000°W / 21.833; -85.000 (Caribbean Sea)	Caribbean Sea
15°59′N 85°0′W / 15.983°N 85.000°W / 15.983; -85.000 (Honduras)	Honduras
14°43′N 85°0′W / 14.717°N 85.000°W / 14.717; -85.000 (Nicaragua)	Nicaragua	Passing through Lake Nicaragua
10°58′N 85°0′W / 10.967°N 85.000°W / 10.967; -85.000 (Costa Rica)	Costa Rica
9°44′N 85°0′W / 9.733°N 85.000°W / 9.733; -85.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 85°0′W / 60.000°S 85.000°W / -60.000; -85.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
73°25′S 85°0′W / 73.417°S 85.000°W / -73.417; -85.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province)