66th parallel north

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66th parallel north

The 66th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 61 km south of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and 2 hours, 47 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Norway Islands of Nord-Herøy and Alsten, and the mainland (Nordland)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sweden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Finland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. White Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Gulf of Anadyr
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Chukchi Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - for about 16 km
Yukon - for about 16 km
Northwest Territories - for about 9 km
Yukon - for about 8 km
Northwest Territories - passing through Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Roes Welcome Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - White Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Frozen Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Vansittart Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Foxe Basin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Nunaariatjuaq Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Foxe Basin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cumberland Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Davis Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Greenland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Iceland Westfjords peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Húnaflói
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Iceland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

See also

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