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