76th parallel north

The 76th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 76 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

76°
76th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and nautical twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 76° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
76°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
76°0′N 17°14′E Barents Sea
76°0′N 60°19′E  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island
76°0′N 66°31′E Kara Sea Passing just north of the Izvestiy TSIK Islands,  Russia
76°0′N 92°57′E  Russia Taymyr Peninsula
76°0′N 113°32′E Laptev Sea
76°0′N 137°54′E  Russia New Siberian Islands - Kotelny Island
76°0′N 139°34′E East Siberian Sea
76°0′N 140°58′E  Russia New Siberian Islands - Bunge Land and Faddeyevsky Island
76°0′N 142°8′E East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Zhokhov Island,  Russia
76°0′N 161°24′E Arctic Ocean
76°0′N 122°35′W  Canada Northwest Territories - Prince Patrick Island
76°0′N 119°27′W Crozier Channel
76°0′N 118°6′W  Canada Northwest Territories - Eglinton Island
76°0′N 117°33′W Kellett Strait
76°0′N 116°26′W  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
76°0′N 111°58′W Hecla and Griper Bay
76°0′N 109°29′W  Canada Nunavut - Melville Island
76°0′N 107°35′W Weatherall Bay
76°0′N 106°44′W  Canada Nunavut - Melville Island
76°0′N 105°50′W Byam Martin Channel
76°0′N 103°22′W  Canada Nunavut - Massey Island
76°0′N 102°27′W Erskine Inlet Passing just north of Alexander Island, Nunavut,  Canada
76°0′N 101°44′W  Canada Nunavut - Bathurst Island, passing through the May Inlet
76°0′N 97°37′W Queens Channel Passing just north of Baring Island, Nunavut,  Canada
Passing just south of Dundas Island and Margaret Island, Nunavut,  Canada
76°0′N 94°35′W Wellington Channel Passing just north of Baillie-Hamilton Island, Nunavut,  Canada
76°0′N 92°33′W  Canada Nunavut - Devon Island
76°0′N 89°55′W Jones Sound
76°0′N 79°23′W  Canada Nunavut - Coburg Island
76°0′N 79°3′W Baffin Bay
76°0′N 67°15′W  Greenland Crimson Cliffs near Cape York
76°0′N 66°37′W Melville Bay
76°0′N 59°45′W  Greenland King Oscar Glacier
76°0′N 19°54′W Dove Bay
76°0′N 18°34′W  Greenland Store Koldewey Island
76°0′N 18°28′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

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