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).

Line across the Earth
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77th parallel north

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
77°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
77°0′N 16°30′E  Norway Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
77°0′N 17°15′E Barents Sea
77°0′N 67°40′E  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island (northernmost point)
77°0′N 67°57′E Kara Sea
77°0′N 88°50′E  Russia Slozhnyy Island
77°0′N 88°53′E Kara Sea
77°0′N 95°21′E  Russia Russkiy Island
77°0′N 96°15′E Kara Sea
77°0′N 101°20′E  Russia Taymyr Peninsula
77°0′N 107°18′E Laptev Sea
77°0′N 107°57′E  Russia Faddey Islands
77°0′N 108°4′E Laptev Sea
77°0′N 132°2′E Arctic Ocean
77°0′N 154°16′E East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Henrietta Island,  Russia
77°0′N 157°10′E Arctic Ocean
77°0′N 120°4′W  Canada Northwest Territories - Prince Patrick Island
77°0′N 116°0′W Moore Bay
77°0′N 115°40′W Unnamed waterbody Passing just north of Emerald Isle, Northwest Territories,  Canada
Passing just south of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, Northwest Territories,  Canada
Passing just south of Eight Bears Island, Northwest Territories,  Canada
77°0′N 111°33′W Hazen Strait Passing just north of Vesey Hamilton Island, Nunavut,  Canada
77°0′N 109°0′W Byam Martin Channel
77°0′N 104°52′W Desbarats Strait Passing just south of the Findlay Group, Nunavut,  Canada
77°0′N 103°38′W Unnamed waterbody
77°0′N 97°25′W  Canada Nunavut - Crescent Island
77°0′N 97°8′W Napier Bay
77°0′N 96°17′W  Canada Nunavut - Devon Island
77°0′N 95°13′W Norwegian Bay
77°0′N 88°43′W  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
77°0′N 79°15′W Baffin Bay Smith Bay
77°0′N 78°22′W  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
77°0′N 78°4′W Baffin Bay
77°0′N 71°19′W  Greenland Steensby Land
77°0′N 18°12′W  Greenland Germania Land
77°0′N 18°14′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

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