# 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. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.
At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about May 4th to August 7th, and polar night from about November 12th to January 29th, with nautical polar twilight lasting from about December 11th to January 1st. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 40.45° and -6.44° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 6.57°.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 73° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 73°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 73.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea 73°0′N 21°51′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 21.850°E﻿ / 73.000; 21.850﻿ (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 73°0′N 53°5′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 53.083°E﻿ / 73.000; 53.083﻿ (Russia)  Russia Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island 73°0′N 56°19′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 56.317°E﻿ / 73.000; 56.317﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 73°0′N 70°3′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 70.050°E﻿ / 73.000; 70.050﻿ (Russia)  Russia Southernmost point of Bely Island 73°0′N 70°5′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 70.083°E﻿ / 73.000; 70.083﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Malygina Strait 73°0′N 74°5′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 74.083°E﻿ / 73.000; 74.083﻿ (Russia)  Russia Shokalsky Island 73°0′N 74°40′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 74.667°E﻿ / 73.000; 74.667﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, Russia 73°0′N 78°58′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 78.967°E﻿ / 73.000; 78.967﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sibiryakov Island 73°0′N 79°22′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 79.367°E﻿ / 73.000; 79.367﻿ (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 73°0′N 80°48′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 80.800°E﻿ / 73.000; 80.800﻿ (Russia)  Russia 73°0′N 120°7′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 120.117°E﻿ / 73.000; 120.117﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea Olenyok Gulf 73°0′N 122°13′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 122.217°E﻿ / 73.000; 122.217﻿ (Russia)  Russia Lena delta 73°0′N 129°31′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 129.517°E﻿ / 73.000; 129.517﻿ (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea 73°0′N 139°40′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 139.667°E﻿ / 73.000; 139.667﻿ (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, Russia 73°0′N 173°52′E﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 173.867°E﻿ / 73.000; 173.867﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 73°0′N 145°29′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 145.483°W﻿ / 73.000; -145.483﻿ (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea 73°0′N 124°36′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 124.600°W﻿ / 73.000; -124.600﻿ (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Banks Island 73°0′N 117°35′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 117.583°W﻿ / 73.000; -117.583﻿ (Prince of Wales Strait) Prince of Wales Strait 73°0′N 116°44′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 116.733°W﻿ / 73.000; -116.733﻿ (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 114°1′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 114.017°W﻿ / 73.000; -114.017﻿ (Richard Collinson Inlet) Richard Collinson Inlet 73°0′N 113°6′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 113.100°W﻿ / 73.000; -113.100﻿ (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 112°53′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 112.883°W﻿ / 73.000; -112.883﻿ (Wynniatt Bay) Wynniatt Bay 73°0′N 110°35′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 110.583°W﻿ / 73.000; -110.583﻿ (Canada)  Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island 73°0′N 110°18′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 110.300°W﻿ / 73.000; -110.300﻿ (Hadley Bay) Hadley Bay 73°0′N 108°7′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 108.117°W﻿ / 73.000; -108.117﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island 73°0′N 105°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 105.000°W﻿ / 73.000; -105.000﻿ (M'Clintock Channel) M'Clintock Channel 73°0′N 102°30′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 102.500°W﻿ / 73.000; -102.500﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island 73°0′N 101°45′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 101.750°W﻿ / 73.000; -101.750﻿ (Ommanney Bay) Ommanney Bay 73°0′N 100°25′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 100.417°W﻿ / 73.000; -100.417﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island 73°0′N 96°35′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 96.583°W﻿ / 73.000; -96.583﻿ (Peel Sound) Peel Sound 73°0′N 95°45′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 95.750°W﻿ / 73.000; -95.750﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Somerset Island 73°0′N 91°37′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 91.617°W﻿ / 73.000; -91.617﻿ (Prince Regent Inlet) Prince Regent Inlet 73°0′N 89°21′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 89.350°W﻿ / 73.000; -89.350﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 86°23′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 86.383°W﻿ / 73.000; -86.383﻿ (Admiralty Inlet) Admiralty Inlet 73°0′N 85°2′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 85.033°W﻿ / 73.000; -85.033﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 73°0′N 80°37′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 80.617°W﻿ / 73.000; -80.617﻿ (Navy Board Inlet) Navy Board Inlet 73°0′N 80°7′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 80.117°W﻿ / 73.000; -80.117﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Bylot Island 73°0′N 76°15′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 76.250°W﻿ / 73.000; -76.250﻿ (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 73°0′N 55°30′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 55.500°W﻿ / 73.000; -55.500﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Puugutaa 73°0′N 23°10′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 23.167°W﻿ / 73.000; -23.167﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Geographical Society Island 73°0′N 22°26′W﻿ / ﻿73.000°N 22.433°W﻿ / 73.000; -22.433﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea

## Greenland

Between 1776 and 1950, the 73rd parallel formed the northern limit of the Royal Greenland Trade Department's exclusive monopoly on trade near the Dano-Norwegian and later Danish colonies of Greenland (1776–1782) and North Greenland (1782–1950).