74th parallel north

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Coordinates: 74°N 0°W / 74°N 0°W / 74; -0

180°

135°W

90°W

45°W

0°

45°E

90°E

135°E

180°

Points on parallel 74° north

The 74th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 74 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.

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

Country, territory or sea	Notes
Arctic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea Barents Sea
Russia	Severny Island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
Arctic Ocean	Kara Sea
Russia	Rastorguyev Island
Arctic Ocean	Pyasino Gulf, Kara Sea
Russia	Taymyr Peninsula, passing through Lake Taymyr
Arctic Ocean	Laptev Sea
Russia	Stolbovoy Island
Arctic Ocean	Laptev Sea
Russia	Little Lyakhovsky Island
Arctic Ocean	East Siberian Sea Beaufort Sea
Canada	Banks Island, Northwest Territories
Arctic Ocean	Viscount Melville Sound
Canada	Russell Island, Nunavut
Parry Channel
Canada	Somerset Island, Nunavut
Parry Channel
Canada	Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut
Lancaster Sound
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Arctic Ocean	Greenland Sea

[edit] See also

• 73rd parallel north
• 75th parallel north

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