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.
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 |
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90°0′N 76°0′W / 90.000°N 76.000°W | Arctic Ocean | |
83°3′N 76°0′W / 83.050°N 76.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Ellesmere Island |
77°59′N 76°0′W / 77.983°N 76.000°W | Baffin Bay | Passing just east of Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 72°54′N 76°3′W / 72.900°N 76.050°W) |
72°34′N 76°0′W / 72.567°N 76.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Baffin Island |
69°23′N 76°0′W / 69.383°N 76.000°W | Foxe Basin | |
69°1′N 76°0′W / 69.017°N 76.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Baird Peninsula, Baffin Island |
68°47′N 76°0′W / 68.783°N 76.000°W | Foxe Basin | |
68°18′N 76°0′W / 68.300°N 76.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Prince Charles Island |
67°15′N 76°0′W / 67.250°N 76.000°W | Foxe Basin | |
65°15′N 76°0′W / 65.250°N 76.000°W | Canada | Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island |
64°22′N 76°0′W / 64.367°N 76.000°W | Hudson Strait | |
62°20′N 76°0′W / 62.333°N 76.000°W | Canada | Quebec Ontario — from 45°29′N 76°0′W / 45.483°N 76.000°W, passing just west of Ottawa (at 45°25′N 75°42′W / 45.417°N 75.700°W) |
44°21′N 76°0′W / 44.350°N 76.000°W | United States | New York Pennsylvania — from 42°0′N 76°0′W / 42.000°N 76.000°W Maryland — from 39°42′N 76°0′W / 39.700°N 76.000°W |
38°17′N 76°0′W / 38.283°N 76.000°W | Chesapeake Bay | |
38°1′N 76°0′W / 38.017°N 76.000°W | United States | Maryland — Smith Island |
37°56′N 76°0′W / 37.933°N 76.000°W | Chesapeake Bay | |
37°51′N 76°0′W / 37.850°N 76.000°W | United States | Virginia — Tangier Island |
37°49′N 76°0′W / 37.817°N 76.000°W | Chesapeake Bay | |
37°21′N 76°0′W / 37.350°N 76.000°W | United States | Virginia — tip of the Delmarva Peninsula |
37°10′N 76°0′W / 37.167°N 76.000°W | Chesapeake Bay | |
36°55′N 76°0′W / 36.917°N 76.000°W | United States | Virginia North Carolina — from 36°33′N 76°0′W / 36.550°N 76.000°W |
36°10′N 76°0′W / 36.167°N 76.000°W | Albemarle Sound | |
35°43′N 76°0′W / 35.717°N 76.000°W | United States | North Carolina — Engelhard |
35°27′N 76°0′W / 35.450°N 76.000°W | Pamlico Sound | |
35°5′N 76°0′W / 35.083°N 76.000°W | United States | North Carolina — Ocracoke Island |
35°4′N 76°0′W / 35.067°N 76.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | Passing just east of the island of Eleuthera, Bahamas (at 25°7′N 76°6′W / 25.117°N 76.100°W) Passing just west of Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas at (24°35′N 75°57′W / 24.583°N 75.950°W) |
23°41′N 76°0′W / 23.683°N 76.000°W | Bahamas | Great Exuma Island |
23°36′N 76°0′W / 23.600°N 76.000°W | Atlantic Ocean | Passing just west of the Jumentos Cays, Bahamas at (22°44′N 75°54′W / 22.733°N 75.900°W) |
21°6′N 76°0′W / 21.100°N 76.000°W | Cuba | |
19°58′N 76°0′W / 19.967°N 76.000°W | Caribbean Sea | Passing just east of Jamaica at (17°54′N 76°11′W / 17.900°N 76.183°W) |
9°22′N 76°0′W / 9.367°N 76.000°W | Colombia | |
0°18′N 76°0′W / 0.300°N 76.000°W | Ecuador | |
2°4′S 76°0′W / 2.067°S 76.000°W | Peru | |
14°28′S 76°0′W / 14.467°S 76.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
60°0′S 76°0′W / 60.000°S 76.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
69°38′S 76°0′W / 69.633°S 76.000°W | Antarctica | Charcot Island, claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) |
69°44′S 76°0′W / 69.733°S 76.000°W | Southern Ocean | |
72°47′S 76°0′W / 72.783°S 76.000°W | Antarctica | Territory claimed by Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory) |