76th meridian west explained

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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Arctic Ocean
		Nunavut — Ellesmere Island
	Baffin Bay	Passing just east of Bylot Island, Nunavut, (at)
		Nunavut — Baffin Island
	Foxe Basin
		Nunavut — Baird Peninsula, Baffin Island
	Foxe Basin
		Nunavut — Prince Charles Island
	Foxe Basin
		Nunavut — Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
	Hudson Strait
		Quebec Ontario — from, passing just west of Ottawa (at)
		New York Pennsylvania — from Maryland — from
	Chesapeake Bay
		Maryland — Smith Island
	Chesapeake Bay
		Virginia — Tangier Island
	Chesapeake Bay
		Virginia — tip of the Delmarva Peninsula
	Chesapeake Bay
		Virginia North Carolina — from
	Albemarle Sound
		North Carolina — Engelhard
	Pamlico Sound
		North Carolina — Ocracoke Island
	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just east of the island of Eleuthera, (at) Passing just west of Little San Salvador Island, at
		Great Exuma Island
	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just west of the Jumentos Cays, at
	Caribbean Sea	Passing just east of at
	Pacific Ocean
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Charcot Island, claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the (British Antarctic Territory)
	Southern Ocean
	Antarctica	Territory claimed by (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

• 75th meridian west
• 77th meridian west