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Arctic Circle

noun

  1. an imaginary line drawn parallel to the equator, at 23°28prime; S of the North Pole: between the North Frigid Zone and the North Temperate Zone.


Arctic Circle

noun

  1. the imaginary circle round the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude 66° 32′ N; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun appears above the level of the horizon on the winter solstice


Arctic Circle

/ ärktĭk /

  1. The parallel of latitude approximately 66°33′ north. It forms the boundary between the North Temperate and North Frigid zones.


Arctic Circle

  1. Imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the North Pole . North of this line is the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” where the sun never sets on the summer solstice .


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Notes

The Arctic Circle corresponds to the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere .

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