75th parallel north

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75th parallel north

The 75th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 75 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 75° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
75°0′N 0°0′E / 75.000°N 0.000°E / 75.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
75°0′N 18°27′E / 75.000°N 18.450°E / 75.000; 18.450 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
75°0′N 55°56′E / 75.000°N 55.933°E / 75.000; 55.933 (Russia)  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island
75°0′N 60°26′E / 75.000°N 60.433°E / 75.000; 60.433 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just south of the Arkticheskiy Institut Islands,  Russia
75°0′N 87°19′E / 75.000°N 87.317°E / 75.000; 87.317 (Russia)  Russia Taymyr Peninsula, passing through Lake Taymyr
75°0′N 112°53′E / 75.000°N 112.883°E / 75.000; 112.883 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
75°0′N 137°43′E / 75.000°N 137.717°E / 75.000; 137.717 (Russia)  Russia New Siberian Islands - Kotelny Island and Bunge Land
75°0′N 143°36′E / 75.000°N 143.600°E / 75.000; 143.600 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Faddeyevsky Island,  Russia
75°0′N 147°11′E / 75.000°N 147.183°E / 75.000; 147.183 (Russia)  Russia New Siberian Islands - New Siberia
75°0′N 150°42′E / 75.000°N 150.700°E / 75.000; 150.700 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
75°0′N 165°33′E / 75.000°N 165.550°E / 75.000; 165.550 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
75°0′N 131°54′W / 75.000°N 131.900°W / 75.000; -131.900 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea
75°0′N 124°7′W / 75.000°N 124.117°W / 75.000; -124.117 (M'Clure Strait) M'Clure Strait
75°0′N 115°53′W / 75.000°N 115.883°W / 75.000; -115.883 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
75°0′N 114°47′W / 75.000°N 114.783°W / 75.000; -114.783 (Liddon Gulf) Liddon Gulf
75°0′N 112°29′W / 75.000°N 112.483°W / 75.000; -112.483 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
Nunavut - Melville Island
75°0′N 106°41′W / 75.000°N 106.683°W / 75.000; -106.683 (Viscount Melville Sound) Viscount Melville Sound Passing just south of Byam Martin Island, Nunavut,  Canada
75°0′N 100°11′W / 75.000°N 100.183°W / 75.000; -100.183 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Bathurst Island
75°0′N 98°36′W / 75.000°N 98.600°W / 75.000; -98.600 (McDougall Sound) McDougall Sound
75°0′N 96°36′W / 75.000°N 96.600°W / 75.000; -96.600 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Cornwallis Island
75°0′N 93°28′W / 75.000°N 93.467°W / 75.000; -93.467 (Wellington Channel) Wellington Channel
75°0′N 92°11′W / 75.000°N 92.183°W / 75.000; -92.183 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Devon Island and Philpots Island
75°0′N 79°31′W / 75.000°N 79.517°W / 75.000; -79.517 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
75°0′N 57°36′W / 75.000°N 57.600°W / 75.000; -57.600 (Greenland)  Greenland Mainland and Kuhn Island
75°0′N 20°1′W / 75.000°N 20.017°W / 75.000; -20.017 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Hochstetterbugten
75°0′N 18°52′W / 75.000°N 18.867°W / 75.000; -18.867 (Greenland)  Greenland Shannon Island
75°0′N 17°24′W / 75.000°N 17.400°W / 75.000; -17.400 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

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