From Pole To Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 95th meridian west passes through:
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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 Island29°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
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