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.
On 21 June the sun is at 43.83 degrees in the sky and doesn't set. However, there is no sunshine on 21 December.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 70° north passes through:
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| Co-ordinates |
Country, territory or sea |
Notes |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Norwegian Sea |
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Norway |
Troms - islands of Rebbenesøya, Ringvassøy, Reinøya, Karlsøya and Kågen; mainland; island of Skorpa; mainland
Finnmark (mainland) |
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Finland |
Passing about 10km south of the northernmost point of Finland, which is located at in the village of Nuorgam |
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Norway |
Finnmark |
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Barents Sea |
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Russia |
Vaygach Island |
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Kara Sea |
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Russia |
Yamal Peninsula |
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Gulf of Ob |
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Russia |
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East Siberian Sea |
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Russia |
Ayon Island |
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East Siberian Sea |
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Russia |
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East Siberian Sea |
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Chukchi Sea |
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United States |
Alaska |
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Beaufort Sea |
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Canada |
Northwest Territories - Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula |
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Beaufort Sea |
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Canada |
Northwest Territories - Cape Bathurst Peninsula |
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Amundsen Gulf |
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Canada |
Northwest Territories - Parry Peninsula |
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Amundsen Gulf |
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Canada |
On Victoria Island:
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territories / Nunavut border
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territories / Nunavut border
- Nunavut |
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Victoria Strait |
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Larsen Sound |
Passing just north of King William Island, Nunavut, Canada |
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James Ross Strait |
Passing just north of the Clarence Islands, Nunavut, Canada |
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Canada |
Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut |
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Gulf of Boothia |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Crown Prince Frederik Island |
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Fury and Hecla Strait |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Baffin Island |
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Murray Maxwell Bay |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Baffin Island |
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Steensby Inlet |
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Canada |
Nunavut - Baffin Island |
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Baffin Bay |
Northern limit of the Davis Strait |
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Greenland |
Disko Island and mainland |
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Arctic Ocean |
Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea |
See also