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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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The circle of illumination just touches the Antarctic Circle on what date?
The Antarctic Circle never receives direct sunlight. The closest it ever gets is on December 21,
when the sun ascends to 43 degrees away from being overhead at noon on the Antarctic Circle.
But that's the highest the sun can ever get there.
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What plants are in the Antarctic?
The climate of Antarctica does not allow extensive vegetation to form. A combination of freezing temperatures, poor soil quality, lack of moisture, and lack of sunlight inhibit plant growth. As a result, the diversity of plant life is very low and limited in distribution. The flora of the continent largely consists of bryophytes. There are about 100 species of mosses and 25 species of liverworts, but only two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
Why are the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle always cold?
Because they are further from the sun al year
What does it mean when the sun is directly at the Arctic or Antarctic Circle?
When the sun is directly at the Arctic or Antarctic Circle, it means that the calendar date is at a solstice or seasonal change.
If all the ice in Antarctica melted, would it flood the Earth?
No it would not also the ice will most likely never melt lol
"High" latitudes.
The equator has a latitude of zero. The area between the Tropic of Cancer (at 23.5 degrees north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (at 23.5 degrees south) are the "tropics" or low latitudes.
The "polar regions" are above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle, where the latitudes are higher than 66.5 degrees (north or south) are "high".
The areas between the tropics and the arctic/antarctic are called "mid-latitudes or "temperate zones".
Would you be more likely to find reindeer near the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle?
There are no reindeer in Antarctica, only in the Arctic.
You would be much more likely to find reindeer near the Arctic. It is logically impossible to find a mammal living in the Antarctic Circle. Although reindeer would be able to survive in the Antarctic Circle, they would soon develop hypothermia.
What is the average temperature in Antarctica in winter?
Antarctica is as large as USA and Mexico combined. Antarctica is also the coldest continent.
According to USA Today: "The average high temperature for the year in Antarctica is about -49 degrees F, while the average low temperature for the continent is about -56 degrees F."
As well, they state: "July features an average high temperature of -76 degrees and an average low temperature of about -81 degrees F."
Winter begins on June 21 and spring begins on September 21. Since over most of the continent, the first sunrise may be as late as mid-August, that month could be colder than July.
What country is 48 degrees south and 70 degrees east?
There isn't one. Those coordinates put you in the southern portion of the Indian Ocean, due north of the French Southern & Antarctic Lands. Now if you replace 70 degrees east with 70 degrees west, that'll put you in Argentina.
It's an imaginary circle around the earth that's parallel to the equator and about
23.5° south of the north pole.
It's the boundary of the region surrounding the north pole where it's possible to have
24 hours without a sunrise (in December), and 24 hours without a sunset (in June).
How does the time of a place depend on its longitude?
Everything on earth at all places is happening at the same "time" no matter what the clocks say. However, it is convention to have "time zones" where the clocks are adjusted to show 12 noon when the sun is appriximately South (more accurately where what is south faces the sun). That means that as the earth spins on its axis different longitudes face the sun at a rate of 15 degrees of longitude pass facing the sun every hour. For convenience this line often deviates in places to follow national borders, but basically that is what is happening.
What are the degrees of the Arctic Circle?
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' 44" (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
What is the relative location of Orlando?
Given a city's longitude and latitude coordinates, a relative location can be determined. Orlando lies on 28 degrees, 25 minutes North and 81 degrees 18 minutes West.
Measures distance north and south of the equator?
The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude, and the South Pole is at 90 degrees south latitude. So, distance north or south of the equator is called 'latitude'. One way to remember this is to think of the rungs of a ladder. "Ladder"-- "Lati-" you step up or down the 'rungs of ladder-tude'.
What is a relative location map?
A relative location map is a map that assumes that the viewer's present location is the center of the map. This means that everything else is relative to their location.
Does the Antarctic Circle cross the tip of South America?
No. The Antarctic Circle crosses the tip of Antarctica.
Which country has a map on its flag?
Both Cyprus and Kosovo depict the outline of their nation on their flag.
