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Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is a major circle of latitude located at 66.5 degrees north of the equator. It defines the polar region and marks the southernmost point of the polar day and polar night during the June and December solstices respectively.
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In which continent is Svalbard located?
Svalbard is located far north of the ARCTIC circle about 600 miles from the north pole. it is in Norway territory and u can fly from oslo or tromso. it is at the north east of Greenland and almost due north of Norway
longyearbyen is the capital of spitsbergen which is 1 of 3 islands to make up the svalbard islands. inhabitants is about 2000+
How close is the Bering Sea to the Arctic Circle?
No. It is located southwest and west of mainland Alaska, and is an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
The Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alaska
Which island country in the N Atlantic near the Arctic Circle?
Here is a list of Islands in the Arctic Circle:
Canada
- Axel Heiberg Island
- Ellesmere Island
- Devon Island
- Melville Island
- Baffin Island
- Banks Island
- Victoria Island
- Hans Island (also claimed by Denmark)
Denmark
- Clavering Island
- Geographical Society Island
- Kaffeklubben Island
- Milne Land
- Naresland
- Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island)
- Shannon Island
- Traill Island
- Ymer Island
- Greenland (partially in the Arctic Circle)
Iceland
- Bjarnarey
- Drangey
- Eldey
- Engey
- Flatey, Breiðafjörður
- Flatey on Skjálfandi
- Grímsey
- Heimaey
- Hrísey
- Hvalbakur
- Kolbeinsey
- Málmey
- Papey
- Surtsey
- Viðey
- Vigur
- Æðey
Norway
- Bear Island
- Jan Mayen
- Alekseevøya
- Kükenthaløya
- Halvmåneøya
- Ryke Yseøyane
- Thousand Islands
- Zeiløyane
- Abel Island
- Kongsøya
- Svenskøya
- Hopen
- Kvitøya (White Island)
- Chermsideøya
- Foynøya
- Karl XII-øya
- Lågøya
- Nordre Castrénøya and Søre Castrénøya
- Repøyane
- Sabine Islands
- Scoresbyøya
- Storøya
- Prins Karls Forland
- Amsterdam Island
- Danes Island
- Fuglesangen
- Moffen
- Nymark
- Sørkappøya
- Wilhelm Island
- Martensøya
- Nelsonøya
- Parryøya
- Phippsøya
- Rossøya
- Tavleøya
- Vesle Tavleøya
- Waldenøya
Russia
- Dikson Island
- Graham Bell Island
- Hooker Island
- Jackson Island
- Northbrook Island
- Rudolf Island
- Wilczek Island
- Zemlya Aleksandry
- Zemlya Georga
- Great Diomede Island
- Belkovsky Island
- Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island (including the island of 'Bunge Land')
- New Siberia
- Great Lyakhovsky Island
- Little Lyakhovsky Island
- Semyonovsky Island
- Stolbovoy Island
- Mezhdusharskiy Island
- Severny Island
- Vaygach Island
- Yuzhny Island
- October Revolution Island
- Bolshevik Island
- Komsomolets Island
- Pioneer Island
- Schmidt Island
- Bennett Island
- Henrietta Island
- Jeannette Island
- Vilkitsky Island
- Zhokhov Island
- Bolshoy Island
- Maly Taymyr Island
- Srednij, Golomyannyj, Domashnij, Figurnyj, Vostochnyj, Smaojlovich
- Vostothny Island
- Anzersky
- Bolshaya Muksalma
- Malaya Muksalma
- Solovetsky
- Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate)
- Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya
- Wrangel Island
- Herald Island
United States
- Barter Island
- Arey Island
- Little Diomede Island
What clothing did the Arctic natives wear?
The Inuit used caribou fur after killing the animals. They would use fur of animals which they killed for meat.
Are there schools in the Arctic Circle?
The schools consist of different classes in one large room with one or two teachers depending how many kids and (adults who also want to learn) in the community.
What do you call the time areas in the Arctic Circle?
There are no separate time zones north or south of the Arctic Circle.
On what dates is the circle of illumination exactly tangent to the Arctic Circle?
The circle of illumination intersects the North Pole on the spring and autumnal equinoxes, March 20 or 21 and September 22 or 23, when the Earth's North and South Poles are not tilted toward or away from the sun, but are both at 90 degrees to the sun's rays. The sun is directly above the equator, and every location on Earth has 12 hours of daylight.
What is the distance between the Arctic Circle and Iceland?
The state of Kentucky (USA) is located between 36°30'N and 39°9'N. The arctic circle is on 66°33'N. Given the fact that there is 10,000 km from the north pole to the equator (a distance spanning 90°), there must be between 3,043 km and 3,338 km from Kentucky to the arctic circle.
It's about 2,000 miles (3200 km) from central Kentucky to the Arctic Circle.
How much of Alaska is above the arctic circle?
27% ... an estimate derived by looking at the map of Alaska on wikipedia ... plus using the distance tool on maps.google.com
What is the distance between the Arctic Circle and Aberdeen?
The UK is a big place.
Thurso, Scotland is 550.5 miles (886 km) due south of the Arctic Circle.
To Plymouth, England, it's 1,117.3 miles (1,798 km).
Looking at it another way ... on your trip from the Arctic Circle to Plymouth, you haven't even
reached the halfway point yet when you enter the UK.
Which large island is located in the Atlantic Ocean just below the Arctic Circle?
the answer is iceland.
How many degrees norh of the equator is the arctic circle?
The Arctic Circle is the circle of constant latitude at roughly 66.5 degrees north.
That's about 23.5 degrees south of the North Pole.
To be precise, the Arctic Circles latitude runs at 66° 33′ 39″ (or 66.56083°) north of the Equator.
It is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator.
Details of the countries that make up the Arctic Circle?
The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries:
Europe:
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Russia
- USA (Alaska)
- Canada
- Denmark (Greenland - autonomous country within the Danish Realm - the rest of Denmark is , of course in Europe)
- Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey). The separation between the North American and European tectonic plates passes through Iceland but I'm not sure which side of the island it lies on.
