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76th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

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.

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:

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="120" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | Nunavut — Ellesmere Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay |- | ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Baffin Island
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Nunavut — Baird Peninsula, Baffin Island
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| ! scope="row" |

Nunavut — Prince Charles Island
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Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
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| ! scope="row" | | Quebec Ontario — from , passing just west of Ottawa (at ) |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | New York Pennsylvania — from Maryland — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chesapeake Bay |- | ! scope="row" |

Maryland — Smith Island
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Virginia — Tangier Island
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Virginia — tip of the Delmarva Peninsula
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| ! scope="row" | | Virginia North Carolina — from |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Albemarle Sound |- | ! scope="row" |

North Carolina — Engelhard
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| ! scope="row" | | North Carolina — Ocracoke Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Little San Salvador Island, at () |- | ! scope="row" | | Great Exuma Island |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Caribbean Sea |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- | ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Charcot Island, claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the (British Antarctic Territory)
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the (British Antarctic Territory)
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
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