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75th parallel north

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.

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At this latitude midnight sun lasts from April 27th to August 14th, and polar night from November 5th to February 5th, with the nautical polar twilight stage lasting from November 26th to January 16th. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 38.46° and -8.44° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 8.54°

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 75° north passes through:

CoordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
75°0′N0°0′E / 75.000°N 0.000°E / 75.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
75°0′N18°27′E / 75.000°N 18.450°E / 75.000; 18.450 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
75°0′N55°56′E / 75.000°N 55.933°E / 75.000; 55.933 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island
75°0′N60°26′E / 75.000°N 60.433°E / 75.000; 60.433 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just south of the Arkticheskiy Institut Islands, Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
75°0′N87°19′E / 75.000°N 87.317°E / 75.000; 87.317 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Taymyr Peninsula, passing through Lake Taymyr
75°0′N112°53′E / 75.000°N 112.883°E / 75.000; 112.883 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea
75°0′N137°43′E / 75.000°N 137.717°E / 75.000; 137.717 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia New Siberian Islands - Kotelny Island and Bunge Land
75°0′N143°36′E / 75.000°N 143.600°E / 75.000; 143.600 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Faddeyevsky Island, Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
75°0′N147°11′E / 75.000°N 147.183°E / 75.000; 147.183 (Russia) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia New Siberian Islands - New Siberia
75°0′N150°42′E / 75.000°N 150.700°E / 75.000; 150.700 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
75°0′N165°33′E / 75.000°N 165.550°E / 75.000; 165.550 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
75°0′N131°54′W / 75.000°N 131.900°W / 75.000; -131.900 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea
75°0′N124°7′W / 75.000°N 124.117°W / 75.000; -124.117 (M'Clure Strait) M'Clure Strait
75°0′N115°53′W / 75.000°N 115.883°W / 75.000; -115.883 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
75°0′N114°47′W / 75.000°N 114.783°W / 75.000; -114.783 (Liddon Gulf) Liddon Gulf
75°0′N112°29′W / 75.000°N 112.483°W / 75.000; -112.483 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Northwest Territories - Melville Island
Nunavut - Melville Island
75°0′N106°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, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
75°0′N100°11′W / 75.000°N 100.183°W / 75.000; -100.183 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Bathurst Island
75°0′N98°36′W / 75.000°N 98.600°W / 75.000; -98.600 (McDougall Sound) McDougall Sound
75°0′N96°36′W / 75.000°N 96.600°W / 75.000; -96.600 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Cornwallis Island
75°0′N93°28′W / 75.000°N 93.467°W / 75.000; -93.467 (Wellington Channel) Wellington Channel
75°0′N92°11′W / 75.000°N 92.183°W / 75.000; -92.183 (Canada) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nunavut - Devon Island and Philpots Island
75°0′N79°31′W / 75.000°N 79.517°W / 75.000; -79.517 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay
75°0′N57°48′W / 75.000°N 57.800°W / 75.000; -57.800 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Kjer Glacier
75°0′N20°24′W / 75.000°N 20.400°W / 75.000; -20.400 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Grandjean Fjord and Kuhn Island
(King Christian X Land)
75°0′N19°20′W / 75.000°N 19.333°W / 75.000; -19.333 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Hochstetter Bay
75°0′N17°30′W / 75.000°N 17.500°W / 75.000; -17.500 (Greenland) Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Shannon Island
75°0′N17°24′W / 75.000°N 17.400°W / 75.000; -17.400 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

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