Arctic Circle

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The Arctic Circle is an imaginary latitude line near the North Pole that marks the southern boundary of the Earth's polar region, where at least one day each year has 24 hours of daylight or darkness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imaginary geographic line
line of latitude
approximateLatitudeRange between 66° and 67° north
axialTiltReference complement of Earth's obliquity
causeOf definition of Arctic climate zone
centeredOn North Pole
coordinateSystem geographic coordinate system
defines southern boundary of the Arctic region
southern boundary of the Earth's northern polar region
determinedBy axial tilt of the Earth
dynamicProperty latitude slowly changes over time due to variations in Earth's axial tilt
hemisphere Northern Hemisphere
latitude approximately 66.5 degrees north
approximately 66°33′47.2″ N
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
oneOf five major circles of latitude
oppositeTo Antarctic Circle in Southern Hemisphere
parallelOf Equator
partOf Earth's geographic coordinate grid
passesNear Arctic Archipelago
passesThrough Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Bering Sea
Canada
Chukchi Sea
Finland
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Iceland
Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
Norway
Norwegian Sea
Russia
Sweden
United States (Alaska)
property marks region where at least one day per year has 24 hours of darkness
marks region where at least one day per year has 24 hours of daylight
relatedCircle Antarctic Circle
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
relatedTo Midnight Sun
Polar Night
usedFor cartography
climatic classification
defining polar day and polar night regions
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