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73rd parallel north 
Summary
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.
73°
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73rd parallel northAt 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 edit
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 73° north passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 73°0′N 0°0′E / 73.000°N 0.000°E Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea73°0′N 21°51′E / 73.000°N 21.850°E Barents Sea 73°0′N 53°5′E / 73.000°N 53.083°E 
Russia
Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island 73°0′N 56°19′E / 73.000°N 56.317°E Kara Sea 73°0′N 70°3′E / 73.000°N 70.050°E Russia
Southernmost point of Bely Island 73°0′N 70°5′E / 73.000°N 70.083°E Kara Sea Malygina Strait 73°0′N 74°5′E / 73.000°N 74.083°E Russia
Shokalsky Island 73°0′N 74°40′E / 73.000°N 74.667°E Kara Sea Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, Russia
73°0′N 78°58′E / 73.000°N 78.967°E Russia
Sibiryakov Island 73°0′N 79°22′E / 73.000°N 79.367°E Kara Sea 73°0′N 80°48′E / 73.000°N 80.800°E Russia
73°0′N 120°7′E / 73.000°N 120.117°E Laptev Sea Olenyok Gulf 73°0′N 122°13′E / 73.000°N 122.217°E Russia
Lena delta 73°0′N 129°31′E / 73.000°N 129.517°E Laptev Sea 73°0′N 139°40′E / 73.000°N 139.667°E East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, Russia
73°0′N 173°52′E / 73.000°N 173.867°E Arctic Ocean 73°0′N 145°29′W / 73.000°N 145.483°W Beaufort Sea 73°0′N 124°36′W / 73.000°N 124.600°W 
Canada
Northwest Territories - Banks Island 73°0′N 117°35′W / 73.000°N 117.583°W Prince of Wales Strait 73°0′N 116°44′W / 73.000°N 116.733°W Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 114°1′W / 73.000°N 114.017°W Richard Collinson Inlet 73°0′N 113°6′W / 73.000°N 113.100°W Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 112°53′W / 73.000°N 112.883°W Wynniatt Bay 73°0′N 110°35′W / 73.000°N 110.583°W Canada
Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 110°18′W / 73.000°N 110.300°W Hadley Bay 73°0′N 108°7′W / 73.000°N 108.117°W Canada
Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island 73°0′N 105°0′W / 73.000°N 105.000°W M'Clintock Channel 73°0′N 102°30′W / 73.000°N 102.500°W Canada
Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island 73°0′N 101°45′W / 73.000°N 101.750°W Ommanney Bay 73°0′N 100°25′W / 73.000°N 100.417°W Canada
Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island 73°0′N 96°35′W / 73.000°N 96.583°W Peel Sound 73°0′N 95°45′W / 73.000°N 95.750°W Canada
Nunavut - Somerset Island 73°0′N 91°37′W / 73.000°N 91.617°W Prince Regent Inlet 73°0′N 89°21′W / 73.000°N 89.350°W Canada
Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 86°23′W / 73.000°N 86.383°W Admiralty Inlet 73°0′N 85°2′W / 73.000°N 85.033°W Canada
Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 80°37′W / 73.000°N 80.617°W Navy Board Inlet 73°0′N 80°7′W / 73.000°N 80.117°W Canada
Nunavut - Bylot Island 73°0′N 76°15′W / 73.000°N 76.250°W Baffin Bay 73°0′N 55°30′W / 73.000°N 55.500°W 
Greenland
Puugutaa 73°0′N 23°10′W / 73.000°N 23.167°W Greenland
Geographical Society Island 73°0′N 22°26′W / 73.000°N 22.433°W Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea
Norwegian Sea
Greenland edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Marquardt, Ole. "Change and Continuity in Denmark's Greenland Policy" in The Oldenburg Monarchy: An Underestimated Empire?. Verlag Ludwig (Kiel), 2006.