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Which countries pass through the Antarctic Circle?
This includes eight countries: Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the United States (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland) and Iceland.
What line passes through the North Pole and South Pole?
The equator has a measurement of 0-degree latitude. It runs through the middle of the Earth. The equator is equidistant from the North and South poles. Thus, the equator separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
What would you find at 90 degrees North latitude?
The latitude of the North Pole is 90 degrees N, and the latitude of the South Pole is 90 degrees S.
What countries are on the 30th parallel?
The 30th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane….Around the world.
| Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 30°0′N 0°0′E | Algeria | |
| 30°0′N 9°28′E | Libya | |
| 30°0′N 24°56′E | Egypt | Passing just south of Cairo |
| 30°0′N 34°32′E | Israel | Passing just north of Kibbutz Lotan |
If you travel away from the North Pole along any degree of longitude and maintain a true course of 180 degrees, you will travel due South all the way to the South Pole. When you leave the South Pole along any degree of longitude, your true course to the North Pole becomes 360 degrees (due North).
What happens when you leave the South Pole?
When you leave the South Pole along any degree of longitude, your true course to the North Pole becomes 360 degrees (due North). You change hemispheres at the equator but your direction of travel doesn’t change until you arrive at either Pole.
Are there any countries that are not on the North Pole?
This includes pieces of Greenland, Canada, Norway, Russia, small islands, along with various seas, straits, bays, fjords, sounds, and parts of the Arctic Ocean that are not always covered with ice and (in my opinion) would not be recognized by an average airline passenger as the “North Pole.”
Is the Arctic region north of the 78th parallel?
FYI: The Arctic Polar Region as defined by the FAA is anything North of the 78th parallel north.