The meridian 76° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 76th meridian east forms a great circle with the 104th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 76th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 76°0′E / 90.000°N 76.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
81°6′N 76°0′E / 81.100°N 76.000°E | Kara Sea | Passing just west of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
73°31′N 76°0′E / 73.517°N 76.000°E | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Vilkitsky Island |
73°30′N 76°0′E / 73.500°N 76.000°E | Kara Sea | Passing just west of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
71°53′N 76°0′E / 71.883°N 76.000°E | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula |
71°52′N 76°0′E / 71.867°N 76.000°E | Khalmyer Bay | |
71°11′N 76°0′E / 71.183°N 76.000°E | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula |
69°15′N 76°0′E / 69.250°N 76.000°E | Taz Estuary | |
68°58′N 76°0′E / 68.967°N 76.000°E | Russia | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°4′N 76°0′E / 63.067°N 76.000°E Tomsk Oblast — from 59°23′N 76°0′E / 59.383°N 76.000°E Omsk Oblast — from 57°21′N 76°0′E / 57.350°N 76.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°33′N 76°0′E / 56.550°N 76.000°E Omsk Oblast — from 56°27′N 76°0′E / 56.450°N 76.000°E Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°9′N 76°0′E / 56.150°N 76.000°E |
54°13′N 76°0′E / 54.217°N 76.000°E | Kazakhstan | Passing through Lake Balkhash |
42°56′N 76°0′E / 42.933°N 76.000°E | Kyrgyzstan | |
40°23′N 76°0′E / 40.383°N 76.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang — passing through the city of Kashgar |
36°28′N 76°0′E / 36.467°N 76.000°E | Pakistan | Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 11 km, claimed by India |
36°22′N 76°0′E / 36.367°N 76.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang — for about 8 km |
36°17′N 76°0′E / 36.283°N 76.000°E | Pakistan | Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 14 km, claimed by India |
36°10′N 76°0′E / 36.167°N 76.000°E | People's Republic of China | Xinjiang — for about 16 km |
36°1′N 76°0′E / 36.017°N 76.000°E | Pakistan | Gilgit-Baltistan — claimed by India |
34°38′N 76°0′E / 34.633°N 76.000°E | India | Ladakh — claimed by Pakistan Jammu and Kashmir — from 34°0′N 76°0′E / 34.000°N 76.000°E, claimed by Pakistan Himachal Pradesh — from 32°56′N 76°0′E / 32.933°N 76.000°E Punjab — from 31°40′N 76°0′E / 31.667°N 76.000°E Haryana — from 29°45′N 76°0′E / 29.750°N 76.000°E Rajasthan — from 28°17′N 76°0′E / 28.283°N 76.000°E Haryana — from 28°9′N 76°0′E / 28.150°N 76.000°E Rajasthan — from 28°4′N 76°0′E / 28.067°N 76.000°E Haryana — from 28°2′N 76°0′E / 28.033°N 76.000°E Rajasthan — from 27°52′N 76°0′E / 27.867°N 76.000°E Madhya Pradesh — from 24°2′N 76°0′E / 24.033°N 76.000°E Maharashtra — from 21°22′N 76°0′E / 21.367°N 76.000°E Karnataka — from 17°20′N 76°0′E / 17.333°N 76.000°E Kerala — from 11°56′N 76°0′E / 11.933°N 76.000°E |
10°36′N 76°0′E / 10.600°N 76.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 76°0′E / 60.000°S 76.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
69°33′S 76°0′E / 69.550°S 76.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |