The meridian 93° 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 93rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 87th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 93rd meridian west passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 93°0′W / 90.000°N 93.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
81°20′N 93°0′W / 81.333°N 93.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Axel Heiberg Island |
78°36′N 93°0′W / 78.600°N 93.000°W | Norwegian Bay | Passing just east of Cornwall Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 77°39′N 93°4′W / 77.650°N 93.067°W) |
76°37′N 93°0′W / 76.617°N 93.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Devon Island |
76°16′N 93°0′W / 76.267°N 93.000°W | Wellington Channel | |
74°40′N 93°0′W / 74.667°N 93.000°W | Parry Channel | Barrow Strait |
74°9′N 93°0′W / 74.150°N 93.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Somerset Island |
72°46′N 93°0′W / 72.767°N 93.000°W | Gulf of Boothia | |
71°22′N 93°0′W / 71.367°N 93.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — mainland |
62°4′N 93°0′W / 62.067°N 93.000°W | Hudson Bay | |
58°20′N 93°0′W / 58.333°N 93.000°W | Canada | Manitoba Ontario — from 54°13′N 93°0′W / 54.217°N 93.000°W |
48°27′N 93°0′W / 48.450°N 93.000°W | United States | Minnesota, passing through Saint Paul (at 44°57′N 93°0′W / 44.950°N 93.000°W) Iowa — from 43°30′N 93°0′W / 43.500°N 93.000°W Missouri — from 40°35′N 93°0′W / 40.583°N 93.000°W Arkansas — from 36°30′N 93°0′W / 36.500°N 93.000°W Louisiana — from 33°1′N 93°0′W / 33.017°N 93.000°W |
29°43′N 93°0′W / 29.717°N 93.000°W | Gulf of Mexico | |
18°26′N 93°0′W / 18.433°N 93.000°W | Mexico | Tabasco Chiapas — from 17°33′N 93°0′W / 17.550°N 93.000°W, passing just east of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. |
15°17′N 93°0′W / 15.283°N 93.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 93°0′W / 60.000°S 93.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
72°30′S 93°0′W / 72.500°S 93.000°W | Antarctica | Unclaimed territory |