78th parallel north

The 78th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 78 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. It is the southernmost integral parallel north that does not pass through any continental mainland (being slightly to the north of Cape Chelyuskin).

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78th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and nautical twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 78° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
78°0′N 0°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea
78°0′N 13°39′E	Norway	Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
78°0′N 18°25′E	Storfjorden
78°0′N 21°8′E	Norway	Svalbard - island of Edgeøya
78°0′N 23°16′E	Barents Sea
78°0′N 67°48′E	Kara Sea
78°0′N 99°35′E	Russia	Severnaya Zemlya - Bolshevik Island
78°0′N 100°23′E	Kara Sea
78°0′N 103°24′E	Laptev Sea	Passing just south of Maly Taymyr Island,  Russia
78°0′N 123°15′E	Arctic Ocean
78°0′N 114°43′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Brock Island
78°0′N 114°19′W	Wilkins Strait
78°0′N 112°25′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Mackenzie King Island Nunavut - Mackenzie King Island
78°0′N 109°36′W	Prince Gustav Adolf Sea
78°0′N 105°19′W	Maclean Strait
78°0′N 102°51′W	Danish Strait	Passing just north of King Christian Island, Nunavut,  Canada
78°0′N 100°47′W	Canada	Nunavut - Ellef Ringnes Island
78°0′N 99°2′W	Hassel Sound
78°0′N 97°28′W	Canada	Nunavut - Amund Ringnes Island
78°0′N 95°1′W	Norwegian Bay
78°0′N 87°50′W	Baumann Fiord
78°0′N 85°24′W	Canada	Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
78°0′N 75°48′W	Nares Strait
78°0′N 72°16′W	Greenland	Kavigarssuk
78°0′N 21°18′W	Greenland	Søndre Mellemland
78°0′N 18°52′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea

See also

• 77th parallel north
• 79th parallel north