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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
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Notes
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Arctic Ocean
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Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea Barents Sea
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Russia
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Yuzhny Island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
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Arctic Ocean
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Kara Sea
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Russia
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Bely Island
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Arctic Ocean
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Malygina Strait Gulf of Ob
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Russia
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Shokalsky Island
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Arctic Ocean
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Kara Sea
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Russia
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Sibiryakov Island
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Arctic Ocean
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Kara Sea
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Russia
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Arctic Ocean
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Olenyok Gulf, Laptev Sea
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Russia
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Lena Delta
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Arctic Ocean
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Laptev Sea East Siberian Sea Chukchi Sea Beaufort Sea
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Canada
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Banks Island, Northwest Territories
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Prince of Wales Strait
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Canada
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Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
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Parry Channel
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Canada
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Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
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Hadley Bay
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Canada
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Victoria Island, Nunavut Stefansson Island, Nunavut
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M'Clintock Channel
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Canada
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Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
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Ommanney Bay
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Canada
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Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut Prescott Island, Nunavut
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Peel Sound
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Canada
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Somerset Island, Nunavut
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Prince Regent Inlet
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Canada
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Baffin Island, Nunavut
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Admiralty Inlet
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Canada
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Baffin Island, Nunavut
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Navy Board Inlet
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Canada
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Bylot Island, Nunavut
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Baffin Bay
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Greenland
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Mainland and Geographical Society Island
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Arctic Ocean
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Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
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