Following are circles of latitude between the 75th parallel north and the 80th parallel north:
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:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of the Izvestiy TSIK Islands,
! scope="row" | | Taymyr Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | New Siberian Islands - Kotelny Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | New Siberian Islands - Bunge Land and Faddeyevsky Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Zhokhov Island, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Prince Patrick Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Crozier Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Eglinton Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kellett Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hecla and Griper Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Weatherall Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Melville Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byam Martin Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Massey Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Erskine Inlet | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Alexander Island, Nunavut,
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Bathurst Island, passing through the May Inlet |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Queens Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Baring Island, Nunavut, Passing just south of Dundas Island and Margaret Island, Nunavut, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wellington Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Baillie-Hamilton Island, Nunavut,
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Devon Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Jones Sound | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Coburg Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Crimson Cliffs near Cape York |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Melville Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | |King Oscar Glacier |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Dove Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Store Koldewey Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
77th parallel north
The 77th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 77 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. It is the northernmost integral parallel that passes through continental mainland (namely the Taymyr Peninsula of Siberia).
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 77° north passes through:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
! scope="row" | | Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island (northernmost point) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Slozhnyy Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Russkiy Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Taymyr Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Faddey Islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Henrietta Island, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Prince Patrick Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Moore Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Unnamed waterbody | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Emerald Isle, Northwest Territories, Passing just south of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, Northwest Territories, Passing just south of Eight Bears Island, Northwest Territories, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hazen Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Vesey Hamilton Island, Nunavut, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byam Martin Channel | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Desbarats Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of the Findlay Group, Nunavut, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Unnamed waterbody | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Crescent Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Napier Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Devon Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norwegian Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Ellesmere Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Smith Bay
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Ellesmere Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | |Steensby Land
! scope="row" | |Germania Land |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
78th parallel north
The 78th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 78 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. It is the southernmost integral parallel north that does not pass through any continental mainland (being slightly to the north of Cape Chelyuskin).
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 78° north passes through:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
! scope="row" | | Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Storfjorden | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Svalbard - island of Edgeøya |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Severnaya Zemlya - Bolshevik Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Maly Taymyr Island, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Brock Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wilkins Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Northwest Territories - Mackenzie King Island Nunavut - Mackenzie King Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince Gustav Adolf Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Maclean Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Danish Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of King Christian Island, Nunavut,
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Ellef Ringnes Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hassel Sound | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Amund Ringnes Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Norwegian Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baumann Fiord | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Ellesmere Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |