76th meridian east
# 76th meridian east

The meridian 76° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 76th meridian east forms a great circle with the 104th meridian west.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 76th meridian east passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 76.000°E﻿ / 90.000; 76.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 81°6′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿81.100°N 76.000°E﻿ / 81.100; 76.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just west of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 73°31′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.517°N 76.000°E﻿ / 73.517; 76.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Vilkitsky Island 73°30′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.500°N 76.000°E﻿ / 73.500; 76.000﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just west of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia 71°53′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.883°N 76.000°E﻿ / 71.883; 76.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 71°52′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.867°N 76.000°E﻿ / 71.867; 76.000﻿ (Khalmyer Bay) Khalmyer Bay 71°11′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿71.183°N 76.000°E﻿ / 71.183; 76.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 69°15′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.250°N 76.000°E﻿ / 69.250; 76.000﻿ (Taz Estuary) Taz Estuary 68°58′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.967°N 76.000°E﻿ / 68.967; 76.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°4′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿63.067°N 76.000°E﻿ / 63.067; 76.000﻿ (Khanti-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Tomsk Oblast — from 59°23′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿59.383°N 76.000°E﻿ / 59.383; 76.000﻿ (Tomsk Oblast) Omsk Oblast — from 57°21′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.350°N 76.000°E﻿ / 57.350; 76.000﻿ (Omsk Oblast) Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°33′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.550°N 76.000°E﻿ / 56.550; 76.000﻿ (Novosibirsk Oblast) Omsk Oblast — from 56°27′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.450°N 76.000°E﻿ / 56.450; 76.000﻿ (Omsk Oblast) Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°9′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿56.150°N 76.000°E﻿ / 56.150; 76.000﻿ (Novosibirsk Oblast) 54°13′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿54.217°N 76.000°E﻿ / 54.217; 76.000﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan Passing through Lake Balkhash 42°56′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿42.933°N 76.000°E﻿ / 42.933; 76.000﻿ (Kyrgyzstan)  Kyrgyzstan 40°23′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿40.383°N 76.000°E﻿ / 40.383; 76.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang — passing through the city of Kashgar 36°28′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.467°N 76.000°E﻿ / 36.467; 76.000﻿ (Pakistan)  Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 11 km, claimed by India 36°22′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.367°N 76.000°E﻿ / 36.367; 76.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang — for about 8 km 36°17′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.283°N 76.000°E﻿ / 36.283; 76.000﻿ (Pakistan)  Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan — for about 14 km, claimed by India 36°10′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.167°N 76.000°E﻿ / 36.167; 76.000﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang — for about 16 km 36°1′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿36.017°N 76.000°E﻿ / 36.017; 76.000﻿ (Pakistan)  Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan — claimed by India 34°38′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.633°N 76.000°E﻿ / 34.633; 76.000﻿ (India)  India Ladakh — claimed by Pakistan Jammu and Kashmir — from 34°0′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿34.000°N 76.000°E﻿ / 34.000; 76.000﻿ (Jammu and Kashmir), claimed by Pakistan Himachal Pradesh — from 32°56′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.933°N 76.000°E﻿ / 32.933; 76.000﻿ (Himachal Pradesh) Punjab — from 31°40′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿31.667°N 76.000°E﻿ / 31.667; 76.000﻿ (Punjab) Haryana — from 29°45′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿29.750°N 76.000°E﻿ / 29.750; 76.000﻿ (Haryana) Rajasthan — from 28°17′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.283°N 76.000°E﻿ / 28.283; 76.000﻿ (Rajashtan) Haryana — from 28°9′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.150°N 76.000°E﻿ / 28.150; 76.000﻿ (Haryana) Rajasthan — from 28°4′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.067°N 76.000°E﻿ / 28.067; 76.000﻿ (Rajashtan) Haryana — from 28°2′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿28.033°N 76.000°E﻿ / 28.033; 76.000﻿ (Haryana) Rajasthan — from 27°52′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.867°N 76.000°E﻿ / 27.867; 76.000﻿ (Rajashtan) Madhya Pradesh — from 24°2′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿24.033°N 76.000°E﻿ / 24.033; 76.000﻿ (Madhya Pradesh) Maharashtra — from 21°22′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿21.367°N 76.000°E﻿ / 21.367; 76.000﻿ (Maharashtra) Karnataka — from 17°20′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿17.333°N 76.000°E﻿ / 17.333; 76.000﻿ (Karnataka) Kerala — from 11°56′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿11.933°N 76.000°E﻿ / 11.933; 76.000﻿ (Kerala) 10°36′N 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿10.600°N 76.000°E﻿ / 10.600; 76.000﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 60°0′S 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 76.000°E﻿ / -60.000; 76.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 69°33′S 76°0′E﻿ / ﻿69.550°S 76.000°E﻿ / -69.550; 76.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia
