73rd parallel north

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73rd parallel north

The 73rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 73 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

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

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
73°0′N 0°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
73°0′N 21°51′E	Barents Sea
73°0′N 53°5′E	Russia	Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island
73°0′N 56°19′E	Kara Sea
73°0′N 70°3′E	Russia	Southernmost point of Bely Island
73°0′N 70°5′E	Kara Sea	Malygina Strait
73°0′N 74°5′E	Russia	Shokalsky Island
73°0′N 74°40′E	Kara Sea	Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, Russia
73°0′N 78°58′E	Russia	Sibiryakov Island
73°0′N 79°22′E	Kara Sea
73°0′N 80°48′E	Russia
73°0′N 120°7′E	Laptev Sea	Olenyok Gulf
73°0′N 122°13′E	Russia	Lena delta
73°0′N 129°31′E	Laptev Sea
73°0′N 139°40′E	East Siberian Sea	Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, Russia
73°0′N 173°52′E	Arctic Ocean
73°0′N 145°29′W	Beaufort Sea
73°0′N 124°36′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Banks Island
73°0′N 117°35′W	Prince of Wales Strait
73°0′N 116°44′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
73°0′N 114°1′W	Richard Collinson Inlet
73°0′N 113°6′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
73°0′N 112°53′W	Wynniatt Bay
73°0′N 110°35′W	Canada	Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
73°0′N 110°18′W	Hadley Bay
73°0′N 108°7′W	Canada	Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island
73°0′N 105°0′W	M'Clintock Channel
73°0′N 102°30′W	Canada	Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island
73°0′N 101°45′W	Ommanney Bay
73°0′N 100°25′W	Canada	Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island
73°0′N 96°35′W	Peel Sound
73°0′N 95°45′W	Canada	Nunavut - Somerset Island
73°0′N 91°37′W	Prince Regent Inlet
73°0′N 89°21′W	Canada	Nunavut - Baffin Island
73°0′N 86°23′W	Admiralty Inlet
73°0′N 85°2′W	Canada	Nunavut - Baffin Island
73°0′N 80°37′W	Navy Board Inlet
73°0′N 80°7′W	Canada	Nunavut - Bylot Island
73°0′N 76°15′W	Baffin Bay
73°0′N 55°40′W	Greenland	Mainland and Geographical Society Island
73°0′N 22°26′W	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea

See also

• 72nd parallel north
• 74th parallel north