97th Meridian West - From Pole To Pole

From Pole To Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 97th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
90°0′N 97°0′W / 90.000°N 97.000°W / 90.000; -97.000 (Arctic Ocean)	Arctic Ocean	Passing just west of Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 80°5′N 96°46′W / 80.083°N 96.767°W / 80.083; -96.767 (Axel Heiberg Island)) Passing just east of the Fay Islands, Nunavut, Canada (at 79°38′N 97°7′W / 79.633°N 97.117°W / 79.633; -97.117 (Fay Islands))
78°44′N 97°0′W / 78.733°N 97.000°W / 78.733; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Amund Ringnes Island
77°48′N 97°0′W / 77.800°N 97.000°W / 77.800; -97.000	Unnamed waterbody	Passing just east of Crescent Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 77°0′N 97°5′W / 77.000°N 97.083°W / 77.000; -97.083 (Crescent Island))
76°58′N 97°0′W / 76.967°N 97.000°W / 76.967; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Pioneer Island
76°57′N 97°0′W / 76.950°N 97.000°W / 76.950; -97.000 (Penny Strait)	Penny Strait	Passing just east of Spit Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76°49′N 97°0′W / 76.817°N 97.000°W / 76.817; -97.000 (Spit Island)) Passing just west of Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76°44′N 96°58′W / 76.733°N 96.967°W / 76.733; -96.967 (Devon Island)) Passing just east of John Barrow Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76°36′N 97°6′W / 76.600°N 97.100°W / 76.600; -97.100 (John Barrow Island)) Passing just east of Hyde Parker Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76°29′N 97°5′W / 76.483°N 97.083°W / 76.483; -97.083 (Hyde Parker Island))
76°14′N 97°0′W / 76.233°N 97.000°W / 76.233; -97.000 (Queens Channel)	Queens Channel	Passing just west of Des Voeux Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 76°10′N 96°58′W / 76.167°N 96.967°W / 76.167; -96.967 (Des Voeux Island)) Passing just west of Milne Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 75°36′N 96°58′W / 75.600°N 96.967°W / 75.600; -96.967 (Milne Island))
75°30′N 97°0′W / 75.500°N 97.000°W / 75.500; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Little Cornwallis Island
75°27′N 97°0′W / 75.450°N 97.000°W / 75.450; -97.000 (McDougall Sound)	McDougall Sound	Passing just east of Truro Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 75°17′N 97°6′W / 75.283°N 97.100°W / 75.283; -97.100 (Truro Island))
75°0′N 97°0′W / 75.000°N 97.000°W / 75.000; -97.000 (Parry Channel)	Parry Channel
73°45′N 97°0′W / 73.750°N 97.000°W / 73.750; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island
73°37′N 97°0′W / 73.617°N 97.000°W / 73.617; -97.000 (Peel Sound)	Peel Sound
73°16′N 97°0′W / 73.267°N 97.000°W / 73.267; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Vivian Island and Prescott Island
72°56′N 97°0′W / 72.933°N 97.000°W / 72.933; -97.000 (Browne Bay)	Browne Bay	Passing just west of Pandora Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 72°47′N 96°58′W / 72.783°N 96.967°W / 72.783; -96.967 (Pandora Island))
72°44′N 97°0′W / 72.733°N 97.000°W / 72.733; -97.000 (Young Bay)	Young Bay
72°38′N 97°0′W / 72.633°N 97.000°W / 72.633; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — Prince of Wales Island and Hobday Island
71°43′N 97°0′W / 71.717°N 97.000°W / 71.717; -97.000 (Franklin Strait)	Franklin Strait
71°11′N 97°0′W / 71.183°N 97.000°W / 71.183; -97.000 (Larsen Sound)	Larsen Sound
70°7′N 97°0′W / 70.117°N 97.000°W / 70.117; -97.000 (James Ross Strait)	James Ross Strait	Passing just east of the Clarence Islands, Nunavut, Canada (at 69°53′N 97°12′W / 69.883°N 97.200°W / 69.883; -97.200 (Clarence Islands))
69°33′N 97°0′W / 69.550°N 97.000°W / 69.550; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut — King William Island
68°34′N 97°0′W / 68.567°N 97.000°W / 68.567; -97.000 (Simpson Strait)	Simpson Strait
68°21′N 97°0′W / 68.350°N 97.000°W / 68.350; -97.000 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut Manitoba — from 60°0′N 97°0′W / 60.000°N 97.000°W / 60.000; -97.000 (Manitoba), passing through Lake Winnipeg
49°0′N 97°0′W / 49.000°N 97.000°W / 49.000; -97.000 (United States)	United States	Minnesota North Dakota — from 47°50′N 97°0′W / 47.833°N 97.000°W / 47.833; -97.000 (North Dakota) South Dakota — from 45°56′N 97°0′W / 45.933°N 97.000°W / 45.933; -97.000 (South Dakota) Nebraska — from 42°46′N 97°0′W / 42.767°N 97.000°W / 42.767; -97.000 (Nebraska) Kansas — from 40°0′N 97°0′W / 40.000°N 97.000°W / 40.000; -97.000 (Kansas) Oklahoma — from 37°0′N 97°0′W / 37.000°N 97.000°W / 37.000; -97.000 (Oklahoma) Texas — from 33°57′N 97°0′W / 33.950°N 97.000°W / 33.950; -97.000 (Texas), the mainland and San José Island
27°54′N 97°0′W / 27.900°N 97.000°W / 27.900; -97.000 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico
20°30′N 97°0′W / 20.500°N 97.000°W / 20.500; -97.000 (Mexico)	Mexico	Veracruz Puebla — for about 6 km from 19°18′N 97°0′W / 19.300°N 97.000°W / 19.300; -97.000 (Puebla) Veracruz — from 19°14′N 97°0′W / 19.233°N 97.000°W / 19.233; -97.000 (Veracruz) Puebla — from 18°30′N 97°0′W / 18.500°N 97.000°W / 18.500; -97.000 (Puebla) Oaxaca — from 18°11′N 97°0′W / 18.183°N 97.000°W / 18.183; -97.000 (Oaxaca)
15°47′N 97°0′W / 15.783°N 97.000°W / 15.783; -97.000 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 97°0′W / 60.000°S 97.000°W / -60.000; -97.000 (Southern Ocean)	Southern Ocean
71°45′S 97°0′W / 71.750°S 97.000°W / -71.750; -97.000 (Antarctica)	Antarctica	Unclaimed territory