76th meridian east explained

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.

From Pole to Pole

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
	Arctic Ocean
	Kara Sea	Passing just west of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
		Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Vilkitsky Island
	Kara Sea	Passing just west of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
		Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
	Khalmyer Bay
		Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula
	Taz Estuary
		Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from Tomsk Oblast — from Omsk Oblast — from Novosibirsk Oblast — from Omsk Oblast — from Novosibirsk Oblast — from
		Passing through Lake Balkhash
		Xinjiang — passing through the city of Kashgar
		Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 11 km, claimed by
		Xinjiang — for about 8 km
		Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 14 km, claimed by
		Xinjiang — for about 16 km
		Gilgit-Baltistan — claimed by
		Ladakh — claimed by Jammu and Kashmir — from, claimed by Himachal Pradesh — from Punjab — from Haryana — from Rajasthan — from Haryana — from Rajasthan — from Haryana — from Rajasthan — from Madhya Pradesh — from Maharashtra — from Karnataka — from Kerala — from
	Indian Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by

See also

• 75th meridian east
• 77th meridian east