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Antarctic Circle
The Antarctic Circle is a major circle of latitude located at 66.5 degrees south of the equator. It defines the polar region and marks the southernmost point of the polar day and polar night during the December and June solstices respectively.
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Which circle passes through more continents Antarctic circle or arctc circle?
The Antarctic Circle only passes through Antarctica. The Arctic Circle passes through Asia, Europe and North America. The Arctic passes through 3 continents and the Antarctic only passes through Antarctica
The Arctic Circle
Where on earth is daylight constant on December 22?
On December 22, all regions at or below (towards the south pole) the antarctic circle will have 24 hours of sunshine.
What does “whoop, whoop” mean?
"Wittle whoops" can mean allot of things. It can mean back stabber, or lair. Even sweet-ems or that your kind. But usually once you start to grow up, say into your tweens, it's just not something you want to really be called much anymore.
Antarctica's ice cap is the biggest ice pack on Earth. It covers 98% of the land on Antarctica and holds 30 million cubic kilometers of ice, enough to raise the world's sea levels by 70 meters if it melted. In East Antarctica the ice rests on land, but in West Antarctica the ice rests on rock sometimes two and a half kilometers below sea level. The weight of the ice has actually lowered the surface of the bedrock.
Snow falls on Antarctica, and the weight of the snow above turns it to ice. This ice is continually pushed outwards, sometimes with the help of fast moving glaciers, till it reaches the sea, where it floats out, eventually breaking off and forming icebergs (calving) which eventually melt. This process is how the water cycle works in Antarctica.
Is Victoria island north or south of arctic circle?
There are at least five Victoria Islands. The one in Canada is north of the Arctic Circle.
What is the relative location of Austin?
Austin is located the in the central portion of Texas in the Southwest United States. It is the capital of Texas located in Travis County.
What country is west on the Antarctic Circle to 30 degrees east?
The Antarctic Circle does not pass through any country.
Would the Dominican Republic be underwater if the poles melted?
The poles are imaginay points, and can't melt.
If the pollar ice caps were to melt, it probably would not be enough to put all of
the Dominican Republic under the sea, since the country includes a serious range
of mountains that separates it from Haiti.
The islands of the south Pacific are another matter. Over there, they've been
seeing it happen for years now, and they don't have that much left to go.
Who was a pioneer in transpolar flights and lead 4 scientific expeditions to Antarctic?
Admiral Richard E Byrd
What continent is located south of 120 degrees East on the Antarctic Circle?
The only continent that the Antarctic Circle passes through is Antarctica.
The Antarctic Circle can be found in which hemisphere?
it can be found in the northern hemisphere.
The Antarctic Circle is the parallel of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the South Pole, in the southern Hemisphere.
I'm not positive, but I think it's the June Solstice.
How many countries does the circle pass through?
The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).
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.
Which meridian on the globe are great circles?
No meridian is a great circle. Each meridian is a semi-circle, extending between the poles.
How are the Arctic and Antarctic circles alike in relationship to the Equator and the poles?
The Arctic and Antarctic Circles are each the same distance from their respective poles. Depending on the nearness of the poles, periods of continuous day or night vary from one day to six months at locations inside the circles. The circles are imaginary parallels of latitude on the surface of the earth at 66°30' south and north of their respective poles. They mark the southern and northern limits of the areas in which the sun does or does not rise and set on the winter and summer solstices.
Which dates of the year do the Arctic and antarctic zones have equal hours of daylight?
That would happen around the dates of the equinoxes ...
roughly March 21 and September 21.
