74th parallel north

The 74th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 74 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean, and North America.

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74th 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 74° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
74°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
74°0′N 19°48′E Barents Sea
74°0′N 54°35′E  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island
74°0′N 58°17′E Kara Sea
74°0′N 83°52′E  Russia Rastorguyev Island
74°0′N 84°18′E Kara Sea Pyasina Bay
74°0′N 86°49′E  Russia Taymyr Peninsula, passing through Lake Taymyr
74°0′N 111°31′E Laptev Sea Passing just south of Bolshoy Begichev Island,  Russia
74°0′N 135°55′E  Russia New Siberian Islands - Stolbovoy Island
74°0′N 136°13′E Laptev Sea
74°0′N 140°19′E  Russia New Siberian Islands - Little Lyakhovsky Island
74°0′N 141°2′E East Siberian Sea
74°0′N 169°43′E Arctic Ocean
74°0′N 138°42′W Beaufort Sea
74°0′N 124°18′W  Canada Northwest Territories - Banks Island
74°0′N 116°36′W Viscount Melville Sound
74°0′N 98°55′W  Canada Nunavut - Russell Island
74°0′N 97°44′W Parry Channel
74°0′N 95°11′W  Canada Nunavut - Somerset Island
74°0′N 91°1′W Parry Channel
74°0′N 90°3′W  Canada Nunavut - Prince Leopold Island
74°0′N 89°57′W Lancaster Sound
74°0′N 79°0′W Baffin Bay
74°0′N 56°31′W  Greenland Ikermiorsuaq
74°0′N 24°36′W  Greenland Waltershausen Glacier
74°0′N 21°6′W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

See also

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