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73rd parallel north

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The 73rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 73 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 73° north passes through:

Country, territory or sea Notes
Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea, Barents Sea
 Russia Novaya Zemlya
Arctic Ocean Kara Sea
 Russia Belyy, Sibiryakova, Taymyrskiy, Sakha Republic
Arctic Ocean Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea
 Canada Northwest Territories, Banks Island, Victoria Island, Prince of Wales Island, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Baffin Island
Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay
Greenland
Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea
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