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
Alaska
surface form: 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
Midnight Sun
surface form: Polar Night
usedFor cartography
climatic classification
defining polar day and polar night regions
navigation

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Ambler locatedAbove Arctic Circle
Pechenga locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Temperate Zone boundedBy Arctic Circle
Mount Isto isNorthOf Arctic Circle
Olenyok River locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Taz River locatedIn Arctic Circle
Deadhorse Airport locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Luleå isNear Arctic Circle
Kiruna locatedAbove Arctic Circle
Narvik railway station locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Bettles locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Coldfoot locatedNear Arctic Circle
Kobuk River locatedAbove Arctic Circle
Fort Yukon locatedInRegion Arctic Circle
Tornio locatedNear Arctic Circle
Kirovsk locatedIn Arctic Circle
Evenes Municipality locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Colville River locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Nadym locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
this entity surface form: Arctic Circle (near)
Khatanga River locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Yamal Peninsula locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Pyasina River locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Kara River locatedIn Arctic Circle
Fort Good Hope locatedAbove Arctic Circle
Kotzebue, Alaska locatedAbove Arctic Circle
Salekhard Airport locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Arctic fox nativeTo Arctic Circle
Salluit locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Sredny Peninsula locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Tromsø Airport, Langnes near Arctic Circle
Salekhard locatedOn Arctic Circle
Dempster Highway crosses Arctic Circle
Tromsø Municipality locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Polaria region Arctic Circle
Tromsøysund Tunnel locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Rovaniemi locatedIn Arctic Circle
this entity surface form: Arctic Circle region
Rovaniemi traversedBy Arctic Circle
EFRO locatedIn Arctic Circle
subject surface form: Rovaniemi Air Base
this entity surface form: Arctic Circle region
EFRO near Arctic Circle
subject surface form: Rovaniemi Air Base
RVN locatedIn Arctic Circle
subject surface form: Rovaniemi Airport
this entity surface form: Arctic Circle region
Torne River isLocatedNear Arctic Circle
Vorkuta locatedIn Arctic Circle
Rovaniemi Airport locatedNear Arctic Circle
Norilsk locatedIn Arctic Circle
Kandalaksha locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
Stella Oleson setting Arctic Circle
Dudinka locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle