70th parallel north

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70th parallel north

On Victoria Island, Canada, part of the border between Northwest Territories (green) and Nunavut (white) is defined by the 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.

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about May 16th to July 27th, and civil polar twilight from November 25th to January 16th. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 43.45° and -3.04° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 3.64°.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 70° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
70°0′N 0°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
70°0′N 18°40′E	Norway	Troms – islands of Rebbenesøya, Ringvassøy, Reinøya, Karlsøya and Kågen; mainland; island of Skorpa; mainland Finnmark (mainland)
70°0′N 27°22′E	Finland	Passing about 10.3 km (6.3 miles) south of the northernmost point of Finland, which is located at 70°05.537′N 27°57.335′E in the village of Nuorgam
70°0′N 28°2′E	Norway	Finnmark
70°0′N 29°30′E	Barents Sea
70°0′N 58°44′E	Russia	Vaygach Island
70°0′N 60°12′E	Kara Sea
70°0′N 66°56′E	Russia	Yamal Peninsula
70°0′N 72°30′E	Gulf of Ob
70°0′N 73°45′E	Russia
70°0′N 159°53′E	East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 168°13′E	Russia	Ayon Island
70°0′N 168°31′E	East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 170°35′E	Russia
70°0′N 171°48′E	East Siberian Sea
70°0′N 177°56′E	Chukchi Sea
70°0′N 162°27′W	United States	Alaska
70°0′N 142°34′W	Beaufort Sea
70°0′N 131°2′W	Canada	Northwest Territories – Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
70°0′N 129°30′W	Beaufort Sea
70°0′N 128°18′W	Canada	Northwest Territories – Cape Bathurst Peninsula
70°0′N 126°54′W	Amundsen Gulf
70°0′N 125°12′W	Canada	Northwest Territories – Parry Peninsula
70°0′N 124°30′W	Amundsen Gulf
70°0′N 117°22′W	Canada	On Victoria Island: – Northwest Territories – Northwest Territories / Nunavut border – Northwest Territories – Northwest Territories / Nunavut border – Nunavut
70°0′N 100°48′W	Victoria Strait
70°0′N 98°50′W	Larsen Sound	Passing just north of King William Island, Nunavut,  Canada
70°0′N 97°35′W	James Ross Strait	Passing just north of the Clarence Islands, Nunavut,  Canada
70°0′N 96°17′W	Canada	Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut
70°0′N 92°1′W	Gulf of Boothia
70°0′N 86°54′W	Canada	Nunavut – Crown Prince Frederik Island
70°0′N 86°27′W	Fury and Hecla Strait
70°0′N 84°20′W	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 81°9′W	Murray Maxwell Bay
70°0′N 80°19′W	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 78°39′W	Steensby Inlet
70°0′N 77°41′W	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island
70°0′N 67°20′W	Baffin Bay	Northern limit of the Davis Strait
70°0′N 53°39′W	Greenland	Disko Island
70°0′N 52°30′W	Sullorsuaq Strait
70°0′N 51°28′W	Greenland	Nuussuaq Peninsula
70°0′N 50°37′W	Torsukattak Fjord
70°0′N 50°10′W	Greenland	Sermeq Kujalleq
70°0′N 27°20′W	Gaasefjord
70°0′N 25°15′W	Greenland	Geikie Plateau
70°0′N 22°18′W	Arctic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea

See also

• 69th parallel north
• 71st parallel north

References