73rd parallel north
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The 73rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 73 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 about May 4th to August 7th, and polar night from about November 12th to January 29th, with nautical polar twilight lasting from about December 11th to January 1st. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 40.45° and -6.44° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 6.57°.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 73° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 73°0′N 0°0′E / 73.000°N 0.000°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea73°0′N 21°51′E / 73.000°N 21.850°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Barents Sea 73°0′N 53°5′E / 73.000°N 53.083°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island 73°0′N 56°19′E / 73.000°N 56.317°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kara Sea 73°0′N 70°3′E / 73.000°N 70.050°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
Southernmost point of Bely Island 73°0′N 70°5′E / 73.000°N 70.083°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kara Sea Malygina Strait 73°0′N 74°5′E / 73.000°N 74.083°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
Shokalsky Island 73°0′N 74°40′E / 73.000°N 74.667°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kara Sea Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, Russia
73°0′N 78°58′E / 73.000°N 78.967°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
Sibiryakov Island 73°0′N 79°22′E / 73.000°N 79.367°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kara Sea 73°0′N 80°48′E / 73.000°N 80.800°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
73°0′N 120°7′E / 73.000°N 120.117°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Laptev Sea Olenyok Gulf 73°0′N 122°13′E / 73.000°N 122.217°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Russia
Lena delta 73°0′N 129°31′E / 73.000°N 129.517°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Laptev Sea 73°0′N 139°40′E / 73.000°N 139.667°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, Russia
73°0′N 173°52′E / 73.000°N 173.867°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Arctic Ocean 73°0′N 145°29′W / 73.000°N 145.483°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Beaufort Sea 73°0′N 124°36′W / 73.000°N 124.600°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Northwest Territories - Banks Island 73°0′N 117°35′W / 73.000°N 117.583°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Prince of Wales Strait 73°0′N 116°44′W / 73.000°N 116.733°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 114°1′W / 73.000°N 114.017°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Richard Collinson Inlet 73°0′N 113°6′W / 73.000°N 113.100°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 112°53′W / 73.000°N 112.883°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Wynniatt Bay 73°0′N 110°35′W / 73.000°N 110.583°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 110°18′W / 73.000°N 110.300°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Hadley Bay 73°0′N 108°7′W / 73.000°N 108.117°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island 73°0′N 105°0′W / 73.000°N 105.000°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
M'Clintock Channel 73°0′N 102°30′W / 73.000°N 102.500°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island 73°0′N 101°45′W / 73.000°N 101.750°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Ommanney Bay 73°0′N 100°25′W / 73.000°N 100.417°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island 73°0′N 96°35′W / 73.000°N 96.583°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Peel Sound 73°0′N 95°45′W / 73.000°N 95.750°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Somerset Island 73°0′N 91°37′W / 73.000°N 91.617°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Prince Regent Inlet 73°0′N 89°21′W / 73.000°N 89.350°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 86°23′W / 73.000°N 86.383°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Admiralty Inlet 73°0′N 85°2′W / 73.000°N 85.033°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 80°37′W / 73.000°N 80.617°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Navy Board Inlet 73°0′N 80°7′W / 73.000°N 80.117°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Canada
Nunavut - Bylot Island 73°0′N 76°15′W / 73.000°N 76.250°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Baffin Bay 73°0′N 55°30′W / 73.000°N 55.500°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Greenland
Puugutaa 73°0′N 23°10′W / 73.000°N 23.167°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Greenland
Geographical Society Island 73°0′N 22°26′W / 73.000°N 22.433°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
Greenland
Between 1776 and 1950, the 73rd parallel formed the northern limit of the Royal Greenland Trade Department's exclusive monopoly on trade near the Dano-Norwegian and later Danish colonies of Greenland (1776–1782) and North Greenland (1782–1950).[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Marquardt, Ole. "Change and Continuity in Denmark's Greenland Policy" in The Oldenburg Monarchy: An Underestimated Empire?. Verlag Ludwig (Kiel), 2006.
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