The Antarctic Circle is a line of latitude -- about 66 degrees S -- beyond which the geography experiences at least one 24-hour period of no sunrise/ sunset per year.
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the Antarctic Circle. They are lines of latitude either north (Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer) or south of the equator.
A whole continent exists between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
The Arctic one.The score is 3 to 1 in favor of the Arctic Circle.All land on the Antarctic Circle is part of the Antarctic continent. But the Arctic Circle crosses land belonging to North America, Europe, and Asia.
When it is day at the Arctic Circle, it is night at the Antarctic Circle. This is because the Earth's tilt causes one pole to be in 24-hour daylight while the other experiences 24-hour darkness, depending on the time of year.
The name for 66.5 degrees south latitude is the Antarctic Circle.
Yes, there is an Antarctic Circle.
Antarctic Circle
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to the Antarctic Circle. They are lines of latitude either north (Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer) or south of the equator.
No; neither of the tropics is a great circle. The only line of latitude that is a great circle is the equator. The arctic and antarctic circles are not great circles, either.
The Antarctic Circle is about 66 degrees S.
The Antarctic Circle
The Antarctic Circle surrounds Antarctica.
The Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle is located in the Northern Hemisphere, while the Antarctic Circle is in the Southern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole, while the Antarctic Circle surrounds the South Pole. The Arctic Circle has Arctic tundra vegetation, while the Antarctic Circle is largely covered in ice.
Only Antarctica is crossed by the Antarctic Circle.
Yes, the Antarctic Circle is south of Africa.
The Antarctic Circle crosses Antarctica.