74th parallel north

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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.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 74° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
Barents Sea
 Russia Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island
Kara Sea
 Russia Rastorguyev Island
Kara Sea Pyasino Gulf
 Russia Taymyr Peninsula, passing through Lake Taymyr
Laptev Sea Passing just south of Bolshoy Begichev Island,  Russia
 Russia New Siberian Islands - Stolbovoy Island
Laptev Sea
 Russia New Siberian Islands - Little Lyakhovsky Island
East Siberian Sea
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
 Canada Northwest Territories - Banks Island
Viscount Melville Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Russell Island
Parry Channel
 Canada Nunavut - Somerset Island
Parry Channel
 Canada Nunavut - Prince Leopold Island
Lancaster Sound
Baffin Bay
 Greenland
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea

See also