Tropic of Capricorn

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circle of latitude geographical line line of latitude

The Tropic of Capricorn is the southernmost latitude where the sun can appear directly overhead, marking an important boundary of the Earth's tropical zone.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf circle of latitude ⓘ
geographical line ⓘ
line of latitude ⓘ
angularDistanceFromEquator 23.5 degrees ⓘ
associatedWithEvent December solstice ⓘ
complements Tropic of Cancer ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinate system ⓘ
correspondsTo southern solstice ⓘ
definesBoundaryOf tropical zone ⓘ
tropics ⓘ
distanceFromEquator about 2600 km ⓘ
hasApproximateLatitudeValue 23°26′S ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
isOneOf five major circles of latitude ⓘ
isReferenceFor insolation studies ⓘ
solar geometry calculations ⓘ
isSouthernmostLatitudeWhereSunCanBeOverhead true ⓘ
latitude approximately 23.5° south ⓘ
marksLimitOf subsolar point southward ⓘ
movementCause axial precession ⓘ
movesSlightlyOverTime true ⓘ
namedAfter constellation Capricornus ⓘ
nameOrigin Sun was in Capricornus at December solstice in classical antiquity ⓘ
oppositeLatitude Tropic of Cancer ⓘ
parallelTo Equator ⓘ
partOf Earth ⓘ
passesThrough Africa ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
South America ⓘ
passesThroughCountry Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
reasonForLatitude Earth axial tilt about 23.5° ⓘ
relatedToEarthAxialTilt true ⓘ
separates tropical climate zone from subtropical zone in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
solarDeclinationAtOverheadSun −23.5° ⓘ
symbolizes southern limit of overhead noon sun ⓘ
usedIn climate classification ⓘ
geographical zoning ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torrid Zone → boundedBy → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer → complements → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere → containsPartOf → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Africa → crossedByLine → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Capricornia → namedAfter → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer → oppositeLatitude → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Arctic Circle → relatedCircle → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ
Antarctic Circle → relatedTo → Tropic of Capricorn ⓘ