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 the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and nautical twilight during the winter solstice.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 73° north passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 73°0′N 0°0′E / 73.000°N 0.000°E / 73.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea73°0′N 21°51′E / 73.000°N 21.850°E / 73.000; 21.850 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 73°0′N 53°5′E / 73.000°N 53.083°E / 73.000; 53.083 (Russia) Russia Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island 73°0′N 56°19′E / 73.000°N 56.317°E / 73.000; 56.317 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 73°0′N 70°3′E / 73.000°N 70.050°E / 73.000; 70.050 (Russia) Russia Southernmost point of Bely Island 73°0′N 70°5′E / 73.000°N 70.083°E / 73.000; 70.083 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Malygina Strait 73°0′N 74°5′E / 73.000°N 74.083°E / 73.000; 74.083 (Russia) Russia Shokalsky Island 73°0′N 74°40′E / 73.000°N 74.667°E / 73.000; 74.667 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, Russia 73°0′N 78°58′E / 73.000°N 78.967°E / 73.000; 78.967 (Russia) Russia Sibiryakov Island 73°0′N 79°22′E / 73.000°N 79.367°E / 73.000; 79.367 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 73°0′N 80°48′E / 73.000°N 80.800°E / 73.000; 80.800 (Russia) Russia 73°0′N 120°7′E / 73.000°N 120.117°E / 73.000; 120.117 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea Olenyok Gulf 73°0′N 122°13′E / 73.000°N 122.217°E / 73.000; 122.217 (Russia) Russia Lena delta 73°0′N 129°31′E / 73.000°N 129.517°E / 73.000; 129.517 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 73°0′N 139°40′E / 73.000°N 139.667°E / 73.000; 139.667 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, Russia 73°0′N 173°52′E / 73.000°N 173.867°E / 73.000; 173.867 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 73°0′N 145°29′W / 73.000°N 145.483°W / 73.000; -145.483 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea 73°0′N 124°36′W / 73.000°N 124.600°W / 73.000; -124.600 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Banks Island 73°0′N 117°35′W / 73.000°N 117.583°W / 73.000; -117.583 (Prince of Wales Strait) Prince of Wales Strait 73°0′N 116°44′W / 73.000°N 116.733°W / 73.000; -116.733 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 114°1′W / 73.000°N 114.017°W / 73.000; -114.017 (Richard Collinson Inlet) Richard Collinson Inlet 73°0′N 113°6′W / 73.000°N 113.100°W / 73.000; -113.100 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 112°53′W / 73.000°N 112.883°W / 73.000; -112.883 (Wynniatt Bay) Wynniatt Bay 73°0′N 110°35′W / 73.000°N 110.583°W / 73.000; -110.583 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 110°18′W / 73.000°N 110.300°W / 73.000; -110.300 (Hadley Bay) Hadley Bay 73°0′N 108°7′W / 73.000°N 108.117°W / 73.000; -108.117 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island 73°0′N 105°0′W / 73.000°N 105.000°W / 73.000; -105.000 (M'Clintock Channel) M'Clintock Channel 73°0′N 102°30′W / 73.000°N 102.500°W / 73.000; -102.500 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island 73°0′N 101°45′W / 73.000°N 101.750°W / 73.000; -101.750 (Ommanney Bay) Ommanney Bay 73°0′N 100°25′W / 73.000°N 100.417°W / 73.000; -100.417 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island 73°0′N 96°35′W / 73.000°N 96.583°W / 73.000; -96.583 (Peel Sound) Peel Sound 73°0′N 95°45′W / 73.000°N 95.750°W / 73.000; -95.750 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Somerset Island 73°0′N 91°37′W / 73.000°N 91.617°W / 73.000; -91.617 (Prince Regent Inlet) Prince Regent Inlet 73°0′N 89°21′W / 73.000°N 89.350°W / 73.000; -89.350 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 86°23′W / 73.000°N 86.383°W / 73.000; -86.383 (Admiralty Inlet) Admiralty Inlet 73°0′N 85°2′W / 73.000°N 85.033°W / 73.000; -85.033 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 80°37′W / 73.000°N 80.617°W / 73.000; -80.617 (Navy Board Inlet) Navy Board Inlet 73°0′N 80°7′W / 73.000°N 80.117°W / 73.000; -80.117 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Bylot Island 73°0′N 76°15′W / 73.000°N 76.250°W / 73.000; -76.250 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 73°0′N 55°30′W / 73.000°N 55.500°W / 73.000; -55.500 (Greenland) Greenland Puugutaa 73°0′N 23°10′W / 73.000°N 23.167°W / 73.000; -23.167 (Greenland) Greenland Geographical Society Island 73°0′N 22°26′W / 73.000°N 22.433°W / 73.000; -22.433 (Atlantic Ocean) 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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