Circles of latitude between the 65th parallel north and the 70th parallel north

Following are circles of latitude between the 65th parallel north and the 70th parallel north. This includes the Arctic Circle, at 66°33′49.6″ north.

66th parallel north

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66th parallel north

The 66th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, approximately 61 kilometres (38 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which midnight sun can last all night near the summer solstice.

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about 12 to 29 June, and the sun is visible for 2 hours, 47 minutes during the winter solstice. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 0.00°.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
66°0′N 0°0′E / 66.000°N 0.000°E / 66.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 11°50′E / 66.000°N 11.833°E / 66.000; 11.833 (Norwegian Sea) Gåsværfjorden, Herøy, Norwegian Sea[1]
66°0′N 12°0′E / 66.000°N 12.000°E / 66.000; 12.000 (Norway)  Norway Skerries of Steinan, Nordland
66°0′N 12°5′E / 66.000°N 12.083°E / 66.000; 12.083 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Oddfjorden, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°8′E / 66.000°N 12.133°E / 66.000; 12.133 (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of Vardøya and Ytre Øksningan, Nordland
66°0′N 12°14′E / 66.000°N 12.233°E / 66.000; 12.233 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Øksningssundet, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°16′E / 66.000°N 12.267°E / 66.000; 12.267 (Norway)  Norway Hestøya, Nordland
66°0′N 12°17′E / 66.000°N 12.283°E / 66.000; 12.283 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Hestøysundet, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°18′E / 66.000°N 12.300°E / 66.000; 12.300 (Norway)  Norway Nord-Herøy, Nordland
66°0′N 12°21′E / 66.000°N 12.350°E / 66.000; 12.350 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gautholet, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°23′E / 66.000°N 12.383°E / 66.000; 12.383 (Norway)  Norway Hjartøya, Nordland
66°0′N 12°24′E / 66.000°N 12.400°E / 66.000; 12.400 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Alstenfjorden, Norwegian Sea[2]
66°0′N 12°33′E / 66.000°N 12.550°E / 66.000; 12.550 (Norway)  Norway Alsta, Nordland[3]
66°0′N 12°38′E / 66.000°N 12.633°E / 66.000; 12.633 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Leirfjorden, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°42′E / 66.000°N 12.700°E / 66.000; 12.700 (Norway)  Norway Alsta, Nordland; passing just south of Sandnessjøen
66°0′N 12°54′E / 66.000°N 12.900°E / 66.000; 12.900 (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Vefsnfjorden, Norwegian Sea
66°0′N 12°57′E / 66.000°N 12.950°E / 66.000; 12.950 (Norway)  Norway Mainland Nordland
66°0′N 14°33′E / 66.000°N 14.550°E / 66.000; 14.550 (Sweden)  Sweden
66°0′N 24°2′E / 66.000°N 24.033°E / 66.000; 24.033 (Finland)  Finland
66°0′N 30°0′E / 66.000°N 30.000°E / 66.000; 30.000 (Russia)  Russia
66°0′N 34°37′E / 66.000°N 34.617°E / 66.000; 34.617 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea, Barents Sea
66°0′N 40°54′E / 66.000°N 40.900°E / 66.000; 40.900 (Russia)  Russia
66°0′N 179°45′W / 66.000°N 179.750°W / 66.000; -179.750 (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea
66°0′N 178°52′W / 66.000°N 178.867°W / 66.000; -178.867 (Russia)  Russia Chukchi Peninsula
66°0′N 170°11′W / 66.000°N 170.183°W / 66.000; -170.183 (Bering Strait) Pacific Ocean Bering Strait
66°0′N 166°58′W / 66.000°N 166.967°W / 66.000; -166.967 (United States)  United States Alaska
66°0′N 141°0′W / 66.000°N 141.000°W / 66.000; -141.000 (Canada)  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories – for ≈16 km
Yukon – for ≈16 km
Northwest Territories – for ≈9 km
Yukon – for ≈8 km
Northwest Territories – passing through Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
66°0′N 86°4′W / 66.000°N 86.067°W / 66.000; -86.067 (Roes Welcome Sound) Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
66°0′N 85°9′W / 66.000°N 85.150°W / 66.000; -85.150 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – White Island
66°0′N 84°53′W / 66.000°N 84.883°W / 66.000; -84.883 (Frozen Strait) Arctic Ocean Frozen Strait
66°0′N 84°22′W / 66.000°N 84.367°W / 66.000; -84.367 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Vansittart Island
66°0′N 83°52′W / 66.000°N 83.867°W / 66.000; -83.867 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
66°0′N 83°33′W / 66.000°N 83.550°W / 66.000; -83.550 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Nunaariatjuaq Island
66°0′N 83°30′W / 66.000°N 83.500°W / 66.000; -83.500 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
66°0′N 74°17′W / 66.000°N 74.283°W / 66.000; -74.283 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island
66°0′N 67°0′W / 66.000°N 67.000°W / 66.000; -67.000 (Cumberland Sound) Arctic Ocean Cumberland Sound, Labrador Sea
66°0′N 65°57′W / 66.000°N 65.950°W / 66.000; -65.950 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island
66°0′N 61°59′W / 66.000°N 61.983°W / 66.000; -61.983 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
66°0′N 53°27′W / 66.000°N 53.450°W / 66.000; -53.450 (Greenland)  Greenland Serfartooq
66°0′N 37°50′W / 66.000°N 37.833°W / 66.000; -37.833 (Sermilik) Atlantic Ocean Sermilik, Denmark Strait
66°0′N 35°46′W / 66.000°N 35.767°W / 66.000; -35.767 (Greenland)  Greenland Moroene
66°0′N 35°44′W / 66.000°N 35.733°W / 66.000; -35.733 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
66°0′N 23°48′W / 66.000°N 23.800°W / 66.000; -23.800 (Iceland)  Iceland Westfjords peninsula[4]
66°0′N 20°29′W / 66.000°N 20.483°W / 66.000; -20.483 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Húnaflói
66°0′N 20°31′W / 66.000°N 20.517°W / 66.000; -20.517 (Iceland)  Iceland Skagaströnd town on Skagi peninsula
66°0′N 19°56′W / 66.000°N 19.933°W / 66.000; -19.933 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Skagafjörður
66°0′N 19°41′W / 66.000°N 19.683°W / 66.000; -19.683 (Iceland)  Iceland Tröllaskagi peninsula
66°0′N 18°47′W / 66.000°N 18.783°W / 66.000; -18.783 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Eyjafjörður by Dalvík town
66°0′N 18°18′W / 66.000°N 18.300°W / 66.000; -18.300 (Iceland)  Iceland Flateyjarskagi og Fjörður peninsula
66°0′N 17°58′W / 66.000°N 17.967°W / 66.000; -17.967 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Skjálfandi
66°0′N 17°33′W / 66.000°N 17.550°W / 66.000; -17.550 (Iceland)  Iceland Tjörnes by Húsavík, exiting by Langanes
66°0′N 14°38′W / 66.000°N 14.633°W / 66.000; -14.633 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

67th parallel north

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67°
67th parallel north

The 67th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 67 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, approximately 50 km north of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about June 1st to July 10th, and the sun is visible for 1 hour, 30 minutes during the winter solstice. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 0.85°.

If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 67°45′ or smaller, every day in the month of March can view both astronomical dawn and astronomical dusk.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 67° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
67°0′N 0°0′E / 67.000°N 0.000°E / 67.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 12°12′E / 67.000°N 12.200°E / 67.000; 12.200 (Vestfjorden) Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°38′E / 67.000°N 13.633°E / 67.000; 13.633 (Vestfjorden) Fugløyfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°52′E / 67.000°N 13.867°E / 67.000; 13.867 (Norway)  Norway Høgstjerna, Nordland
67°0′N 14°0′E / 67.000°N 14.000°E / 67.000; 14.000 (Vestfjorden) Atlantic Ocean Sørfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°3′E / 67.000°N 14.050°E / 67.000; 14.050 (Norway)  Norway Mainland Nordland
67°0′N 14°8′E / 67.000°N 14.133°E / 67.000; 14.133 (Vestfjorden) Atlantic Ocean Morsdalsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°14′E / 67.000°N 14.233°E / 67.000; 14.233 (Norway)  Norway Mainland Nordland; passing just north of Røkland
67°0′N 16°16′E / 67.000°N 16.267°E / 67.000; 16.267 (Sweden)  Sweden north of the Gulf of Bothnia
67°0′N 23°47′E / 67.000°N 23.783°E / 67.000; 23.783 (Finland)  Finland
67°0′N 29°5′E / 67.000°N 29.083°E / 67.000; 29.083 (Russia)  Russia
67°0′N 32°33′E / 67.000°N 32.550°E / 67.000; 32.550 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 32°49′E / 67.000°N 32.817°E / 67.000; 32.817 (Russia)  Russia
67°0′N 41°20′E / 67.000°N 41.333°E / 67.000; 41.333 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 44°23′E / 67.000°N 44.383°E / 67.000; 44.383 (Russia)  Russia Kanin Peninsula
67°0′N 45°41′E / 67.000°N 45.683°E / 67.000; 45.683 (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Chosha Bay, Barents Sea
67°0′N 47°43′E / 67.000°N 47.717°E / 67.000; 47.717 (Russia)  Russia
67°0′N 71°55′E / 67.000°N 71.917°E / 67.000; 71.917 (Gulf of Ob) Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea
67°0′N 73°53′E / 67.000°N 73.883°E / 67.000; 73.883 (Russia)  Russia
67°0′N 172°28′W / 67.000°N 172.467°W / 67.000; -172.467 (Chukchi Sea) Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
67°0′N 162°51′W / 67.000°N 162.850°W / 67.000; -162.850 (United States)  United States Alaska
67°0′N 141°0′W / 67.000°N 141.000°W / 67.000; -141.000 (Canada)  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the northernmost point of Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
67°0′N 81°36′W / 67.000°N 81.600°W / 67.000; -81.600 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
67°0′N 72°49′W / 67.000°N 72.817°W / 67.000; -72.817 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
67°0′N 62°2′W / 67.000°N 62.033°W / 67.000; -62.033 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
67°0′N 53°40′W / 67.000°N 53.667°W / 67.000; -53.667 (Greenland)  Greenland Russell Glacier
Passing just south of Cape Warming
67°0′N 33°44′W / 67.000°N 33.733°W / 67.000; -33.733 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
Greenland Sea — passing just south of Kolbeinsey,  Iceland (at 67°8′N 18°41′W / 67.133°N 18.683°W / 67.133; -18.683 (Kolbeinsey))
Norwegian Sea

68th parallel north

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68°
68th parallel north

The 68th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 68 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about May 26th to July 16th, and civil polar twilight from about December 9th to January 3rd. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 45.45° and -0.7° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 1.76°.

This latitude is the boundary between the Southern and Arctic zones of Canada's National Topographic System, at which the longitude span of each map sheet doubles as one crosses this latitude going north.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 68° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
68°0′N 0°0′E / 68.000°N 0.000°E / 68.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
68°0′N 13°0′E / 68.000°N 13.000°E / 68.000; 13.000 (Norway)  Norway Moskenesøya, Lofoten, Nordland
68°0′N 13°17′E / 68.000°N 13.283°E / 68.000; 13.283 (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
68°0′N 15°4′E / 68.000°N 15.067°E / 68.000; 15.067 (Norway)  Norway Engeløya, Nordland
68°0′N 15°7′E / 68.000°N 15.117°E / 68.000; 15.117 (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Skagstadsundet, Norwegian Sea
68°0′N 15°4′E / 68.000°N 15.067°E / 68.000; 15.067 (Norway)  Norway Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland
68°0′N 13°17′E / 68.000°N 13.283°E / 68.000; 13.283 (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
68°0′N 15°4′E / 68.000°N 15.067°E / 68.000; 15.067 (Norway)  Norway Engeløya, Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland
68°0′N 13°17′E / 68.000°N 13.283°E / 68.000; 13.283 (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
68°0′N 15°6′E / 68.000°N 15.100°E / 68.000; 15.100 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Engeløya, Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland
68°0′N 17°1′E / 68.000°N 17.017°E / 68.000; 17.017 (Sweden)  Sweden Norrbotten County (Lapland province)
68°0′N 17°48′E / 68.000°N 17.800°E / 68.000; 17.800 (Norway)  Norway Nordland, for about 5,8 km
68°0′N 17°56′E / 68.000°N 17.933°E / 68.000; 17.933 (Sweden)  Sweden Norrbotten County (Lapland and Norrbotten provinces)
68°0′N 23°33′E / 68.000°N 23.550°E / 68.000; 23.550 (Finland)  Finland Lapland
68°0′N 29°25′E / 68.000°N 29.417°E / 68.000; 29.417 (Russia)  Russia Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast
68°0′N 39°58′E / 68.000°N 39.967°E / 68.000; 39.967 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea
68°0′N 44°14′E / 68.000°N 44.233°E / 68.000; 44.233 (Russia)  Russia Kanin Peninsula, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
68°0′N 46°33′E / 68.000°N 46.550°E / 68.000; 46.550 (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Barents Sea
68°0′N 49°43′E / 68.000°N 49.717°E / 68.000; 49.717 (Russia)  Russia Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Komi Republic
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
68°0′N 73°6′E / 68.000°N 73.100°E / 68.000; 73.100 (Gulf of Ob) Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea
68°0′N 74°48′E / 68.000°N 74.800°E / 68.000; 74.800 (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
68°0′N 77°12′E / 68.000°N 77.200°E / 68.000; 77.200 (Taz Estuary) Arctic Ocean Taz Estuary, Kara Sea
68°0′N 77°30′E / 68.000°N 77.500°E / 68.000; 77.500 (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yakutia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
68°0′N 176°31′W / 68.000°N 176.517°W / 68.000; -176.517 (Chukchi Sea) Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
68°0′N 165°15′W / 68.000°N 165.250°W / 68.000; -165.250 (United States)  United States Alaska
68°0′N 141°0′W / 68.000°N 141.000°W / 68.000; -141.000 (Canada)  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
68°0′N 115°7′W / 68.000°N 115.117°W / 68.000; -115.117 (Coronation Gulf) Arctic Ocean Coronation Gulf
Passing just north of the Couper, Berens and Lawford Islands
Passing just north of Hepburn Island
Passing just south of the Jameson Islands
68°0′N 110°9′W / 68.000°N 110.150°W / 68.000; -110.150 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
68°0′N 110°0′W / 68.000°N 110.000°W / 68.000; -110.000 (Bathurst Inlet) Arctic Ocean Bathurst Inlet
68°0′N 109°26′W / 68.000°N 109.433°W / 68.000; -109.433 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Chapman Islands
68°0′N 109°0′W / 68.000°N 109.000°W / 68.000; -109.000 (Bathurst Inlet) Arctic Ocean Bathurst Inlet
Passing just north of Lewes Island
Fishers Island
68°0′N 107°53′W / 68.000°N 107.883°W / 68.000; -107.883 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
68°0′N 103°17′W / 68.000°N 103.283°W / 68.000; -103.283 (Queen Maud Gulf) Arctic Ocean Queen Maud Gulf
68°0′N 98°59′W / 68.000°N 98.983°W / 68.000; -98.983 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - O'Reilly Island, Klutschak Peninsula and Adelaide Peninsula
68°0′N 96°6′W / 68.000°N 96.100°W / 68.000; -96.100 (Chantrey Inlet) Arctic Ocean Chantrey Inlet
68°0′N 95°25′W / 68.000°N 95.417°W / 68.000; -95.417 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut
68°0′N 88°20′W / 68.000°N 88.333°W / 68.000; -88.333 (Committee Bay) Arctic Ocean Committee Bay
68°0′N 86°48′W / 68.000°N 86.800°W / 68.000; -86.800 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Wales Island and Melville Peninsula
68°0′N 82°9′W / 68.000°N 82.150°W / 68.000; -82.150 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
68°0′N 77°2′W / 68.000°N 77.033°W / 68.000; -77.033 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince Charles Island, Air Force Island and Baffin Island
68°0′N 64°46′W / 68.000°N 64.767°W / 68.000; -64.767 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
68°0′N 50°20′W / 68.000°N 50.333°W / 68.000; -50.333 (Greenland)  Greenland Avannaata
Sermersooq
68°0′N 31°49′W / 68.000°N 31.817°W / 68.000; -31.817 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

69th parallel north

Line across the Earth
69°
69th parallel north

The 69th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 69 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America, and passes through some of the southern seas of the Arctic Ocean.

At this latitude the midnight sun lasts from about May 20th to July 22nd, and civil polar twilight from about December 1st to January 11th. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 44.45° and -1.52° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 2.69°.

If the latitude in northern hemisphere is 69°48′ or smaller, every day in September can view both nautical dawn and dusk. Also, if the latitude in northern hemisphere is 69°10′ or smaller, every day in April can view both civil dawn and dusk.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 69° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
69°0′N 0°0′E / 69.000°N 0.000°E / 69.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
69°0′N 15°0′E / 69.000°N 15.000°E / 69.000; 15.000 (Norway)  Norway Islands of Langøya, Andøya, Bjarkøya and Dyrøya, and the mainland Troms
69°0′N 20°9′E / 69.000°N 20.150°E / 69.000; 20.150 (Sweden)  Sweden Norrbotten County (Lapland province)
Passing 6.7 km south of the tripoint between Finland, Norway and Sweden
69°0′N 20°50′E / 69.000°N 20.833°E / 69.000; 20.833 (Finland)  Finland Lapland
69°0′N 22°6′E / 69.000°N 22.100°E / 69.000; 22.100 (Norway)  Norway Troms
69°0′N 25°44′E / 69.000°N 25.733°E / 69.000; 25.733 (Finland)  Finland Lapland
69°0′N 28°44′E / 69.000°N 28.733°E / 69.000; 28.733 (Russia)  Russia Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast
Passing 5.8 km south of the tripoint between Finland, Norway and Russia
Passing northern parts of Murmansk
69°0′N 36°37′E / 69.000°N 36.617°E / 69.000; 36.617 (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Barents Sea
69°0′N 48°12′E / 69.000°N 48.200°E / 69.000; 48.200 (Russia)  Russia Island of Kolguyev, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
69°0′N 50°10′E / 69.000°N 50.167°E / 69.000; 50.167 (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Pechora Sea, Barents Sea
69°0′N 60°57′E / 69.000°N 60.950°E / 69.000; 60.950 (Russia)  Russia Yugorsky Peninsula, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
69°0′N 66°24′E / 69.000°N 66.400°E / 69.000; 66.400 (Kara Sea) Arctic Ocean Baydaratskaya Bay, Kara Sea
69°0′N 68°26′E / 69.000°N 68.433°E / 69.000; 68.433 (Russia)  Russia Yamal Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
69°0′N 72°31′E / 69.000°N 72.517°E / 69.000; 72.517 (Gulf of Ob) Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea
69°0′N 74°5′E / 69.000°N 74.083°E / 69.000; 74.083 (Taz Estuary) Arctic Ocean Taz Estuary, Kara Sea
69°0′N 76°58′E / 69.000°N 76.967°E / 69.000; 76.967 (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yakutia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
69°0′N 169°24′E / 69.000°N 169.400°E / 69.000; 169.400 (East Siberian Sea) Arctic Ocean Chaunskaya Bay, East Siberian Sea
69°0′N 170°54′E / 69.000°N 170.900°E / 69.000; 170.900 (Russia)  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
69°0′N 179°56′E / 69.000°N 179.933°E / 69.000; 179.933 (Chukchi Sea) Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
69°0′N 163°54′W / 69.000°N 163.900°W / 69.000; -163.900 (United States)  United States Alaska
69°0′N 141°0′W / 69.000°N 141.000°W / 69.000; -141.000 (Canada)  Canada Yukon
69°0′N 137°28′W / 69.000°N 137.467°W / 69.000; -137.467 (Beaufort Sea) Arctic Sea Mackenzie Bay, Beaufort Sea
69°0′N 136°7′W / 69.000°N 136.117°W / 69.000; -136.117 (Canada)  Canada Mackenzie River delta and mainland Northwest Territories
Nunavut
69°0′N 117°53′W / 69.000°N 117.883°W / 69.000; -117.883 (Dolphin and Union Strait) Arctic Sea Dolphin and Union Strait
69°0′N 115°53′W / 69.000°N 115.883°W / 69.000; -115.883 (Canada)  Canada (unnamed peninsula) Nunavut
69°0′N 115°47′W / 69.000°N 115.783°W / 69.000; -115.783 (Dolphin and Union Strait) Arctic Sea Dolphin and Union Strait
69°0′N 113°33′W / 69.000°N 113.550°W / 69.000; -113.550 (Canada)  Canada Victoria Island, Nunavut
69°0′N 107°24′W / 69.000°N 107.400°W / 69.000; -107.400 (Dease Strait) Arctic Sea Dease Strait
69°0′N 105°4′W / 69.000°N 105.067°W / 69.000; -105.067 (Canada)  Canada Victoria Island, Nunavut
69°0′N 101°48′W / 69.000°N 101.800°W / 69.000; -101.800 (Victoria Strait) Arctic Sea Victoria Strait
69°0′N 100°36′W / 69.000°N 100.600°W / 69.000; -100.600 (Canada)  Canada Royal Geographical Society Islands, Nunavut
69°0′N 99°59′W / 69.000°N 99.983°W / 69.000; -99.983 (Alexandra Strait) Arctic Sea Alexandra Strait
69°0′N 99°31′W / 69.000°N 99.517°W / 69.000; -99.517 (Canada)  Canada King William Island, Nunavut
69°0′N 95°53′W / 69.000°N 95.883°W / 69.000; -95.883 (Rae Strait) Arctic Sea Rae Strait
69°0′N 94°21′W / 69.000°N 94.350°W / 69.000; -94.350 (Canada)  Canada (unnamed peninsula) Nunavut
69°0′N 90°40′W / 69.000°N 90.667°W / 69.000; -90.667 (Pelly Bay) Arctic Sea Pelly Bay, Gulf of Boothia
69°0′N 90°9′W / 69.000°N 90.150°W / 69.000; -90.150 (Canada)  Canada (unnamed islands) Nunavut
69°0′N 89°54′W / 69.000°N 89.900°W / 69.000; -89.900 (Pelly Bay) Arctic Sea Gulf of Boothia
69°0′N 89°42′W / 69.000°N 89.700°W / 69.000; -89.700 (Canada)  Canada Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut
69°0′N 88°30′W / 69.000°N 88.500°W / 69.000; -88.500 (Committee Bay) Arctic Sea Committee Bay, Gulf of Boothia
69°0′N 85°25′W / 69.000°N 85.417°W / 69.000; -85.417 (Canada)  Canada Islands off coast and mainland Melville Peninsula, Nunavut
69°0′N 81°30′W / 69.000°N 81.500°W / 69.000; -81.500 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Sea Foxe Basin
69°0′N 79°18′W / 69.000°N 79.300°W / 69.000; -79.300 (Canada)  Canada Rowley Island, Nunavut
69°0′N 78°42′W / 69.000°N 78.700°W / 69.000; -78.700 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Sea Foxe Basin
69°0′N 76°37′W / 69.000°N 76.617°W / 69.000; -76.617 (Canada)  Canada Baffin Island, Nunavut
69°0′N 68°0′W / 69.000°N 68.000°W / 69.000; -68.000 (Davis Strait) Arctic Sea Davis Strait
69°0′N 51°08′W / 69.000°N 51.133°W / 69.000; -51.133 (Greenland)  Greenland Avannaata
Sermersooq
69°0′N 25°40′W / 69.000°N 25.667°W / 69.000; -25.667 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

Notable cities and towns on 69°N

  • Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
  • Tromsø, Troms, Norway
  • Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
  • Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
  • Pevek, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

70th parallel north

Line across the Earth
70°
70th parallel north
On Victoria Island, Canada, part of the border between Northwest Territories (green) and Nunavut (white) is defined by the 70th parallel north

The 70th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America, and passes through some of the southern seas of the Arctic Ocean.

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about May 16th to July 27th, and civil polar twilight from November 25th to January 16th. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 43.45° and -3.04° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 3.64°.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 70° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
70°0′N 0°0′E / 70.000°N 0.000°E / 70.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
70°0′N 18°40′E / 70.000°N 18.667°E / 70.000; 18.667 (Norway)  Norway Troms – islands of Rebbenesøya, Ringvassøy, Reinøya, Karlsøya and Kågen; mainland; island of Skorpa; mainland
Finnmark (mainland)
70°0′N 27°22′E / 70.000°N 27.367°E / 70.000; 27.367 (Finland)  Finland Passing about 10.3 km (6.3 miles) south of the northernmost point of Finland, which is located at 70°05.537′N 27°57.335′E / 70.092283°N 27.955583°E / 70.092283; 27.955583 in the village of Nuorgam
70°0′N 28°2′E / 70.000°N 28.033°E / 70.000; 28.033 (Norway)  Norway Finnmark
70°0′N 29°30′E / 70.000°N 29.500°E / 70.000; 29.500 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea
70°0′N 58°44′E / 70.000°N 58.733°E / 70.000; 58.733 (Russia)  Russia Vaygach Island
70°0′N 60°12′E / 70.000°N 60.200°E / 70.000; 60.200 (Barents Sea) Kara Sea
70°0′N 66°56′E / 70.000°N 66.933°E / 70.000; 66.933 (Russia)  Russia Yamal Peninsula
70°0′N 72°30′E / 70.000°N 72.500°E / 70.000; 72.500 (Gulf of Ob) Gulf of Ob
70°0′N 73°45′E / 70.000°N 73.750°E / 70.000; 73.750 (Russia)  Russia
70°0′N 159°53′E / 70.000°N 159.883°E / 70.000; 159.883 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 168°13′E / 70.000°N 168.217°E / 70.000; 168.217 (Russia)  Russia Ayon Island
70°0′N 168°31′E / 70.000°N 168.517°E / 70.000; 168.517 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 170°35′E / 70.000°N 170.583°E / 70.000; 170.583 (Russia)  Russia
70°0′N 171°48′E / 70.000°N 171.800°E / 70.000; 171.800 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 177°56′E / 70.000°N 177.933°E / 70.000; 177.933 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea
70°0′N 162°27′W / 70.000°N 162.450°W / 70.000; -162.450 (United States)  United States Alaska
70°0′N 142°34′W / 70.000°N 142.567°W / 70.000; -142.567 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea
70°0′N 131°2′W / 70.000°N 131.033°W / 70.000; -131.033 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories – Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
70°0′N 129°30′W / 70.000°N 129.500°W / 70.000; -129.500 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea
70°0′N 128°18′W / 70.000°N 128.300°W / 70.000; -128.300 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories – Cape Bathurst Peninsula
70°0′N 126°54′W / 70.000°N 126.900°W / 70.000; -126.900 (Amundsen Gulf) Amundsen Gulf
70°0′N 125°12′W / 70.000°N 125.200°W / 70.000; -125.200 (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories – Parry Peninsula
70°0′N 124°30′W / 70.000°N 124.500°W / 70.000; -124.500 (Amundsen Gulf) Amundsen Gulf
70°0′N 117°22′W / 70.000°N 117.367°W / 70.000; -117.367 (Canada)  Canada On Victoria Island:
– Northwest Territories
– Northwest Territories / Nunavut border
– Northwest Territories
– Northwest Territories / Nunavut border
– Nunavut
70°0′N 100°48′W / 70.000°N 100.800°W / 70.000; -100.800 (Victoria Strait) Victoria Strait
70°0′N 98°50′W / 70.000°N 98.833°W / 70.000; -98.833 (Larsen Sound) Larsen Sound Passing just north of King William Island, Nunavut,  Canada
70°0′N 97°35′W / 70.000°N 97.583°W / 70.000; -97.583 (James Ross Strait) James Ross Strait Passing just north of the Clarence Islands, Nunavut,  Canada
70°0′N 96°17′W / 70.000°N 96.283°W / 70.000; -96.283 (Canada)  Canada Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut
70°0′N 92°1′W / 70.000°N 92.017°W / 70.000; -92.017 (Gulf of Boothia) Gulf of Boothia
70°0′N 86°54′W / 70.000°N 86.900°W / 70.000; -86.900 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Crown Prince Frederik Island
70°0′N 86°27′W / 70.000°N 86.450°W / 70.000; -86.450 (Fury and Hecla Strait) Fury and Hecla Strait
70°0′N 84°20′W / 70.000°N 84.333°W / 70.000; -84.333 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 81°9′W / 70.000°N 81.150°W / 70.000; -81.150 (Murray Maxwell Bay) Murray Maxwell Bay
70°0′N 80°19′W / 70.000°N 80.317°W / 70.000; -80.317 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 78°39′W / 70.000°N 78.650°W / 70.000; -78.650 (Steensby Inlet) Steensby Inlet
70°0′N 77°41′W / 70.000°N 77.683°W / 70.000; -77.683 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 67°20′W / 70.000°N 67.333°W / 70.000; -67.333 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay Northern limit of the Davis Strait
70°0′N 53°39′W / 70.000°N 53.650°W / 70.000; -53.650 (Greenland)  Greenland Disko Island
70°0′N 52°30′W / 70.000°N 52.500°W / 70.000; -52.500 (Sullorsuaq Strait) Sullorsuaq Strait
70°0′N 51°28′W / 70.000°N 51.467°W / 70.000; -51.467 (Greenland)  Greenland Nuussuaq Peninsula
70°0′N 50°37′W / 70.000°N 50.617°W / 70.000; -50.617 (Torsukattak Fjord) Torsukattak Fjord
70°0′N 50°10′W / 70.000°N 50.167°W / 70.000; -50.167 (Greenland)  Greenland Sermeq Kujalleq
70°0′N 27°20′W / 70.000°N 27.333°W / 70.000; -27.333 (Gaasefjord) Gaasefjord
70°0′N 25°15′W / 70.000°N 25.250°W / 70.000; -25.250 (Greenland)  Greenland Geikie Plateau
70°0′N 22°18′W / 70.000°N 22.300°W / 70.000; -22.300 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

See also

References

  1. ↑ United States. Hydrographic Office (1940). List of Lights: North sea and Arctic ocean (except British islands). Volume V. H.O. pub. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 278. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Kiær, A.N.; Vibe, J.; Helland, A.; Strøm, B. (1908). Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt. Norges land og folk: statistisk og topografisk beskrevet. H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 316. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Nickel, P.; Valderhaug, H.J.; Harries, J.H. (2017). Norwegian Cruising Guide—Vol 3: Norway West Coast, Bergen to Bodø. Norwegian Cruising Guide (in Norwegian). Attainable Adventure Cruising Ltd. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-9958939-7-9. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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