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:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 76°0′E Arctic Ocean 81°6′N 76°0′E Kara Sea Passing just west of Vize Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Russia73°31′N 76°0′E
RussiaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Vilkitsky Island 73°30′N 76°0′E Kara Sea Passing just west of Neupokoyeva Island, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Russia71°53′N 76°0′E
RussiaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 71°52′N 76°0′E Khalmyer Bay 71°11′N 76°0′E
RussiaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — Gydan Peninsula 69°15′N 76°0′E Taz Estuary 68°58′N 76°0′E
RussiaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — from 63°4′N 76°0′E
Tomsk Oblast — from 59°23′N 76°0′E
Omsk Oblast — from 57°21′N 76°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°33′N 76°0′E
Omsk Oblast — from 56°27′N 76°0′E
Novosibirsk Oblast — from 56°9′N 76°0′E54°13′N 76°0′E
KazakhstanPassing through Lake Balkhash 42°56′N 76°0′E
Kyrgyzstan40°23′N 76°0′E
People’s Republic of ChinaXinjiang — passing through the city of Kashgar 36°28′N 76°0′E
PakistanGilgit-Baltistan — for about 11 km, claimed by
India36°22′N 76°0′E
People’s Republic of ChinaXinjiang — for about 8 km 36°17′N 76°0′E
PakistanGilgit-Baltistan — for about 14 km, claimed by
India36°10′N 76°0′E
People’s Republic of ChinaXinjiang — for about 16 km 36°1′N 76°0′E
PakistanGilgit-Baltistan — claimed by
India34°38′N 76°0′E
IndiaLadakh — claimed by
Pakistan
Jammu and Kashmir — from 34°0′N 76°0′E, claimed by
Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh — from 32°56′N 76°0′E
Punjab — from 31°40′N 76°0′E
Haryana — from 29°45′N 76°0′E
Rajasthan — from 28°17′N 76°0′E
Haryana — from 28°9′N 76°0′E
Rajasthan — from 28°4′N 76°0′E
Haryana — from 28°2′N 76°0′E
Rajasthan — from 27°52′N 76°0′E
Madhya Pradesh — from 24°2′N 76°0′E
Maharashtra — from 21°22′N 76°0′E
Karnataka — from 17°20′N 76°0′E
Kerala — from 11°56′N 76°0′E10°36′N 76°0′E Indian Ocean 60°0′S 76°0′E Southern Ocean 69°33′S 76°0′E Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by
Australia
