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Antarctic Circle

noun

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

Antarctic Circle

the imaginary circle around the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude 66° 32′ S; it marks the southernmost point at which the sun appears above the level of the horizon at the winter solstice

Antarctic Circle

/ ănt-ärk′tĭk /

The parallel of latitude approximately 66°33′ south. It forms the boundary between the South Temperate and South Frigid zones.

Antarctic Circle

An imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the South Pole .

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

In the south, a clump of ice-bound land, well within the Antarctic Circle, surrounds the pole.

I had crossed the antarctic circle; I had been borne onward for an immense distance.

On the 26th we crossed the Antarctic Circle, and the same day the temperature both of air and water rose above 32 F.

Weddell now made for the south, crossed the Antarctic Circle in W. long.

On the 15th the Antarctic Circle was crossed on a south-westerly course.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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