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Why are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles located at 66.5 degrees north and 66.5 degrees south respectively?
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∙ 14y ago
Technically, they are the latitudes farthest from the north and south poles that have a
continuous period of 24 hours without a sunset, and a similar period without a sunrise.
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What is the line of latitude at 66 degrees and 30 ' s?
That's close to the latitude of the Antarctic Circle.
What is located at 66.5 degrees south?
the Antarctic Circle
Where are the high latitude climate located?
Nearer to the poles above artic circles south of the Antarctic circle
Which line of latitude is located at 66.5 degrees south?
The Antarctic Circle.
The south pole is located on which continent?
The South Pole is located on the Antarctic continent.
If Earth's axis were tilted at 33.5 degreees instead of 23.5 degreees where would the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic circles be located?
Since the earth is titled 23.5 degres from 90 This gives us the article circles and the tropics where they are today if you increase the tild by ten degrees you wil increas those by ten degrees as well.
A location at 80 degrees south and 80 degrees east is in?
Ice, it is located on the Antarctic Ice sheet.
Where is the Antarctic continent located?
You can find Antarctica south of 60 degrees S.
Is the south pole a polar region?
The Polar Regions are defined by the Antarctic and Arctic Circles. The Antarctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes S latitude. The Arctic Circle is at 66 degrees 32 minutes N latitude.
What continent is located south of 120 degrees East on the Antarctic Circle?
The only continent that the Antarctic Circle passes through is Antarctica.
Is the antarctic cirle located south or north of the equator?
roughly 66.56 degrees south of it
Which major line of latitude is located at 66.5 degrees south latitude?
The Antarctic Circle.
