69th parallel north

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

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
 Norway Islands of Langøya, Andøya, Bjarkøya and Dyrøya (Troms), and the mainland (Troms)
 Sweden
 Finland
 Norway Finnmark
 Finland
 Russia Kola Peninsula
Barents Sea
 Russia Island of Kolguyev
Barents Sea Pechora Sea
 Russia Yugorsky Peninsula
Kara Sea Baydaratskaya Bay
 Russia Yamal Peninsula
Gulf of Ob
Taz Estuary
 Russia
East Siberian Sea Chaunskaya Bay
 Russia
Chukchi Sea
 United States Alaska
 Canada Yukon
Beaufort Sea Mackenzie Bay
 Canada Northwest Territories - Richards Island and mainland
Nunavut
Dolphin and Union Strait
 Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island
Dease Strait
 Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island
Victoria Strait
 Canada Nunavut - Royal Geographical Society Islands
Alexandra Strait
 Canada Nunavut - King William Island
Rae Strait
 Canada Nunavut
Pelly Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Simpson Peninsula
Committee Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Melville Peninsula
Foxe Basin
 Canada Nunavut - Rowley Island
Foxe Basin
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Davis Strait
 Greenland
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

See also