75th parallel north

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The 75th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 75 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. At this latitude midnight sun lasts from April 27th to August 14th, and polar night from November 5th to February 5th, with the nautical polar twilight stage lasting from November 26th to January 16th. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 38.46° and -8.44° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 8.54°

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 75° north passes through: ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" | 🇷🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Beaufort Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clure Strait ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Liddon Gulf ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Viscount Melville Sound ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | McDougall Sound ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Wellington Channel ! scope="row" | 🇨🇦 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇬🇱 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean

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