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:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian SeaLua 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. 
RussiaNovaya 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. RussiaSouthernmost point of Bely Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea Malygina Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. RussiaShokalsky Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kara Sea Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, RussiaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. RussiaSibiryakov 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. RussiaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Laptev Sea Olenyok Gulf Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. RussiaLena delta 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. East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, RussiaLua 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. 
CanadaNorthwest 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. CanadaNorthwest Territories - Victoria Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Richard Collinson Inlet Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNorthwest Territories - Victoria Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wynniatt Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNorthwest Territories - 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. CanadaNunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson 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. CanadaNunavut - Prince of Wales Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ommanney Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott 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. CanadaNunavut - 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. CanadaNunavut - 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. CanadaNunavut - Baffin Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Navy Board Inlet Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNunavut - Bylot 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. 
GreenlandMainland and Geographical Society Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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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