71st parallel north

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71st parallel north

The 71st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 71 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 71° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
 Norway Islands of Rolvsøy, Havøya, Måsøy, Magerøya
Barents Sea
 Norway Nordkinn Peninsula
Barents Sea
 Russia Novaya Zemlya - islands of Mezhdusharskiy and Yuzhny
Kara Sea
 Russia Yamal Peninsula
Gulf of Ob
 Russia Gydan Peninsula
Yenisei Gulf
 Russia
Laptev Sea Buor-Khaya Gulf
 Russia
East Siberian Sea
 Russia
East Siberian Sea
 Russia Wrangel Island
Chukchi Sea
 United States Alaska - North Slope
Beaufort Sea
Amundsen Gulf Passing just south of Banks Island, Northwest Territories,  Canada
 Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
Nunavut - Victoria Island
M'Clintock Channel
Larsen Sound
 Canada Nunavut - Boothia Peninsula
Gulf of Boothia
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Bernier Bay
 Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again
Baffin Bay
 Greenland Mainland, and the island of Milne Land
Scoresby Sund
 Greenland Scoresby Land
Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
 Norway Island of Jan Mayen
Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea

See also