77th parallel north

The 77th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 77 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. It is the northernmost integral parallel that passes through continental mainland (namely the Taymyr Peninsula of Siberia).

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and nautical twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 77° north passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
 * 77°N, 16.5°W
 * 77°N, 16.5°W
 * Svalbard - island of Spitsbergen
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 17.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 17.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, 67.66667°W
 * 77°N, 67.66667°W
 * Novaya Zemlya - Severny Island (northernmost point)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 67.95°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 67.95°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, 88.83333°W
 * 77°N, 88.83333°W
 * Slozhnyy Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 88.88333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 88.88333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, 95.35°W
 * 77°N, 95.35°W
 * Russkiy Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 96.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 96.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, 101.33333°W
 * 77°N, 101.33333°W
 * Taymyr Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 107.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 107.3°W
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 * 77°N, 107.95°W
 * 77°N, 107.95°W
 * Faddey Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 108.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 108.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 132.03333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 132.03333°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 154.26667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 154.26667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Henrietta Island, 🇷🇺
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 157.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, 157.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, -120.06667°W
 * 77°N, -120.06667°W
 * Northwest Territories - Prince Patrick Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -116°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -115.66667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Emerald Isle, Northwest Territories, 🇨🇦 Passing just south of Fitzwilliam Owen Island, Northwest Territories, 🇨🇦 Passing just south of Eight Bears Island, Northwest Territories, 🇨🇦
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -111.55°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -111.55°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Vesey Hamilton Island, Nunavut, 🇨🇦
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -109°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -104.86667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -104.86667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of the Findlay Group, Nunavut, 🇨🇦
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -103.63333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -103.63333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, -97.41667°W
 * 77°N, -97.41667°W
 * Nunavut - Crescent Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -97.13333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -97.13333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, -96.28333°W
 * 77°N, -96.28333°W
 * Nunavut - Devon Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -95.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -95.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, -88.71667°W
 * 77°N, -88.71667°W
 * Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -79.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -79.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Smith Bay
 * 77°N, -78.36667°W
 * 77°N, -78.36667°W
 * Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -78.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -78.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 77°N, -71.31667°W
 * 77°N, -71.31667°W
 * Steensby Land
 * 77°N, -18.2°W
 * 77°N, -18.2°W
 * Germania Land
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -18.23333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 77°N, -18.23333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea
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