76th parallel north

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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.

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:

Coordinates	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

See also

• 75th parallel north
• 77th parallel north