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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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What causes the 24 hours of daylight north of the arctic circle during the summer solstice?
The Earth is tipped or inclined in respect to the direction of our orbit, so that the North Pole is pointed at the same angle off of the vertical all year round. At one point in our orbit, the North Pole is pointing more towards tho Sun than it is six months later, when it will point slightly away from the Sun. When the Earth is tipped toward the Sun, the Sun passes over higher in the sky, and the area inside the Arctic Circle are exposed to the Sun for days at a time. Six months later, the Sun does not come up for days at a time. If the Earth was pointing straight up relative to the plane of our planets orbit, the length of the days would never change.
Are the Aleutian islands inside the Arctic Circle?
At 65°15′26″ North laltitude, Teller is about 89 miles outside the Arctic Circle.
Is most of North America located south of the Arctic Circle?
Yes, its way cold up there even in summer.
What the sunlight conditions within the arctic and antarctic circles during the summer solstice?
Winter solstice at each circle marks the one day at this location on Earth when there is no sunrise. Because these two circles are at opposite ends of the Earth, the dates are exactly opposite of each other.
Winter solstice in the southern hemisphere is June 21, and December 21 in the northern hemisphere.
What 4 countries are in the Arctic Circle?
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).
How many hours of sunlight does the Arctic Circle get on the first day of summer?
At the Antarctic Circle, this geography experiences one day of no sunrise/ sunsets each year. South of this line of latitude, the number of days increases to the maximum of six months at the South Pole.
List of all countries in Asian continent with capital?
Afghanistan - Kabul
Armenia - Yerevan
Azerbaijan - Baku
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Bhutan - Thimphu
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
China, People's Republic of (includes Special Administrative Regions of HongKong and Macau) - Beijing
China, Republic of (commonly known as Taiwan) - Taipei
Cyprus - Nicosia
Georgia - Tbilisi
India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Israel - Jerusalem
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (commonly known as North Korea) - Pyongyang
Korea, Republic of (commonly known as South Korea) - Seoul
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Laos - Vientiane
Lebanon - Beirut
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur (seat of government at Putrajaya)
Maldives - Malé
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) - Naypyidaw
Nepal - Kathmandu
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Philippines - Manila
Qatar - Doha
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Singapore - Singapore (city-state)
Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Syria - Damascus
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Thailand - Bangkok
Timor-Leste (commonly known as East Timor) - Dili
Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Aşgabat
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - Sana'a
How far is the Arctic Circle from the Tropic of Cancer?
The distance is about 4792 km along the surface (2977.6 miles).
By direct conversion, it is 4788.9 km (2975.6 miles).
66.5622 - 23.4378 = 43.1244 degrees x 111.045 km per degree of latitude
How many degrees is it from the Antarctic Circle to the Arctic Circle?
Whatever the exact north latitude of the Arctic Circle is, the south latitude of
the Antarctic Circle is exactly the same number, on account of their respective
definitions.
What is the name of the island country west of Norway and near the Arctic Circle?
The two islands that would qualify for that would be Iceland (which is a country and is only NEAR the Arctic Circle) and Greenland, which is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark and which runs from below the Arctic Circle to above it. Most likely you are looking for Iceland.
Does the Prime Meridian pass through Antarctica or the Arctic Circle?
Both. It runs from Pole to Pole. Every meridian of longitude on Earth crosses the Antarctic Circle,
the Arctic Circle, and every other parallel of latitude on Earth.
Yes to both.
The prime meridian is a line of longitude and therefore passes through both the Arctic and Antarctic circles, which are lines of lattitude.
Why does the area north of the Arctic Circle not receive sunlight?
The tilt of earth during itd revolution around the sun causes the North Pole to point away from the sun more than at any other time,thereby receiving no light.
Which country has the most land within the Arctic Circle?
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).
How many hours of sunlight do you get on June 21st?
Exactly at the north pole, the sun rises on March 21 and stays up until September 21.
That's a total of 1/2 year, with June 21 in the middle of it.
Is it colder at the Arctic Circle than the Antarctic Circle?
Both are theoretically the same. It depends on the accuracy of your measurements and the method of measurement. Are you measuring at exactly theoretical sea level or up and down mountains and valleys (along the sea floor?) etc. I do believer that the Earth is slightly larger south of the equator and so the Antarctic circle could be larger.
What place is called Land of midnight sun?
The "Land of the Midnight Sun" is anywhere north of the Arctic Circle. For six weeks of the year (during summer), the Sun shines for 24 hours day, meaning the Sun would be visible at midnight.
The name is typically applied to the region of Lapland, or to the countries of Norway or Finland.
