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There can be no longitude measurement, since the latitude identifiers in question wrap all the way round the Earth.

Here are the latitude GPS locations of these identifiers:

  • Arctic Circle 66°34'N. (official fixed position)
  • Antarctic Circle 66°33′39″S. (position Year 2000).
  • Tropic of Cancer: 23°26′22″N
  • Tropic of Capricorn: 23°26′22″S

Locations north of the Arctic Circle, or south of the Antarctic Circle, are those at which the Sun will remain below the horizon for 24 hours on at least one day of the year. The Earth wobbles slightly on its axis, and the position of the circles will therefore vary by a few miles from time to time.

The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are lines between which the Sun will be directly overhead at noon on at least one day each year.

  • The Tropic of Cancer marks the northernmost latitude at which the Sun shines directly overhead at midday during the June Solstice.
  • The Tropic of Capricorn marks the southernmost latitude at which the Sun shines directly overhead at midday during the December Solstice.
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The Tropic Of cancer is 23.5 degrees north from the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5 degrees south of the equator. The artic circle is the top of the globe and the Antarctic circle is located south of the globe ( way at the bottom)

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The circles are at about 66 degrees latitude and the poles are at 90 degrees latitude. The latitudes in between are both polar latitudes and are numbered between 66 and 90, with degrees, minutes and seconds.

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Arctic Circle. . . . . . . . . 66.5° north latitude (23.5° from the north pole)

Antarctic Circle . . . . . . 66.5 south latitude (23.5° from the south pole)

Tropic of Cancer . . . . . 23.5° north latitude (23.5° north of the equator)

Tropic of Capricorn . . . 23.5° south latitude (23.5° south of the equator)

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Those 'belts', each about 43 degrees wide, are

the Earth's North and South "Temperate Zones".

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Both these areas are called high polar latitudes. You can find the circles at about 66 degrees, and the poles at 90 degrees, north and south, respectively.

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You can find each of these about 66 degrees N -- Arctic, and S -- Antarctic, respectively. (To be precise it is 66 degrees, 33 minutes and 46.1 seconds.)

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Circles of latitude

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Arctic Circle

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Q: What is the parallel of latitude that circumscribes the polar tundra zone Tropic of Cancer Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle?
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What is the parallel latitude that circumscribes the polar tundra zone Tropic of Cancer Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle?

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What is parallel of latitude that circumscribes the polar tundra zone Tropic of cancer.?

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They don't. The Arctic and Antarctic Circles are parallel. Each circle has only a single latitude. The first is at 66.5° north latitude, 23.5° from the north pole. The second is at 66.5° south latitude, 23.5° from the south pole. They're 133° apart everywhere, and never meet.


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Latitude maps include both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.


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