76th meridian west

The meridian 76° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Line across the Earth
76°
76th meridian west

The 76th meridian west forms a great circle with the 104th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 76th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 76°0′W Arctic Ocean
83°3′N 76°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
77°59′N 76°0′W Baffin Bay Passing just east of Bylot Island, Nunavut,  Canada (at 72°54′N 76°3′W)
72°34′N 76°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baffin Island
69°23′N 76°0′W Foxe Basin
69°1′N 76°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Baird Peninsula, Baffin Island
68°47′N 76°0′W Foxe Basin
68°18′N 76°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Prince Charles Island
67°15′N 76°0′W Foxe Basin
65°15′N 76°0′W  Canada Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
64°22′N 76°0′W Hudson Strait
62°20′N 76°0′W  Canada Quebec
Ontario — from 45°29′N 76°0′W, passing just west of Ottawa (at 45°25′N 75°42′W)
44°21′N 76°0′W  United States New York
Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 76°0′W
Maryland — from 39°42′N 76°0′W
38°17′N 76°0′W Chesapeake Bay
38°1′N 76°0′W  United States Maryland — Smith Island
37°56′N 76°0′W Chesapeake Bay
37°51′N 76°0′W  United States Virginia — Tangier Island
37°49′N 76°0′W Chesapeake Bay
37°21′N 76°0′W  United States Virginia — tip of the Delmarva Peninsula
37°10′N 76°0′W Chesapeake Bay
36°55′N 76°0′W  United States Virginia
North Carolina — from 36°33′N 76°0′W
36°10′N 76°0′W Albemarle Sound
35°43′N 76°0′W  United States North Carolina — Engelhard
35°27′N 76°0′W Pamlico Sound
35°5′N 76°0′W  United States North Carolina — Ocracoke Island
35°4′N 76°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of Eleuthera,  Bahamas (at 25°7′N 76°6′W)
Passing just west of Little San Salvador Island,  Bahamas at (24°35′N 75°57′W)
23°41′N 76°0′W  Bahamas Great Exuma Island
23°36′N 76°0′W Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the Jumentos Cays,  Bahamas at (22°44′N 75°54′W)
21°6′N 76°0′W  Cuba
19°58′N 76°0′W Caribbean Sea Passing just east of  Jamaica at (17°54′N 76°11′W)
9°22′N 76°0′W  Colombia
0°18′N 76°0′W  Ecuador
2°4′S 76°0′W  Peru
14°28′S 76°0′W Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 76°0′W Southern Ocean
69°38′S 76°0′W Antarctica Charcot Island, claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
69°44′S 76°0′W Southern Ocean
72°47′S 76°0′W Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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