75th parallel north
Circle of latitude
75°
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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.
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 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 Sea75°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 Island75°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°48′W / 75.000°N 57.800°W / 75.000; -57.800 (Greenland) Greenland Kjer Glacier 75°0′N 20°24′W / 75.000°N 20.400°W / 75.000; -20.400 (Greenland) Greenland Grandjean Fjord and Kuhn Island
(King Christian X Land)75°0′N 19°20′W / 75.000°N 19.333°W / 75.000; -19.333 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Hochstetter Bay 75°0′N 17°30′W / 75.000°N 17.500°W / 75.000; -17.500 (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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Circles of latitude / meridians
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Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
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Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
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