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Categories: Lists of coordinates, Geography of the Arctic, Geographic coordinate lists, Lines of latitude, Articles with short description

Arctic Circle Arctic Polar Circle Arctic Region Artic Circle Circumpolar arctic

A line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice WordNet 3.0

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The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle. Wikipedia

One of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Boundary of the Arctic Wikidata

The parallel of latitude that is approximately 66.5 degrees north of the equator and that circumscribes the northern frigid zone. OmegaWiki

The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice. Wiktionary

One of the five major circles of latitude. Wiktionary (translation)

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