72nd parallel north

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72°
72nd parallel north

The 72nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 72 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 Civil Twilight during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 72° 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. Barents Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Yamal Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Ob
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Gydan Peninsula - passing through Khalmyer Bay and Yuratski Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Khalmyer Bay - Surrounded by Gydan Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yenisei Gulf
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. Laptev 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. East Siberian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arctic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Beaufort Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Northwest Territories - Banks Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Prince of Wales Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
Nunavut - Victoria Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hadley Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. M'Clintock Channel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Peel Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Somerset Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Prince Regent Inlet
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. Admiralty Inlet
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. Baffin Bay
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 Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea

See also

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