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.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and nautical twilight during the winter solstice.

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


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 21.85°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 21.85°W
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 * 73°N, 53.08333°W
 * 73°N, 53.08333°W
 * Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 56.31667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 56.31667°W
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 * 73°N, 70.05°W
 * 73°N, 70.05°W
 * Southernmost point of Bely Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 70.08333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 70.08333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Malygina Strait
 * 73°N, 74.08333°W
 * 73°N, 74.08333°W
 * Shokalsky Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 74.66667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 74.66667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Neupokoyeva Island, 🇷🇺
 * 73°N, 78.96667°W
 * 73°N, 78.96667°W
 * Sibiryakov Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 79.36667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 79.36667°W
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 * 73°N, 80.8°W
 * 73°N, 80.8°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 120.11667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 120.11667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 120.11667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Olenyok Gulf
 * 73°N, 122.21667°W
 * 73°N, 122.21667°W
 * Lena delta
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 129.51667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 129.51667°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 139.66667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 139.66667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Great Lyakhovsky Island, 🇷🇺
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 173.86667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, 173.86667°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -145.48333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -145.48333°W
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 * 73°N, -124.6°W
 * 73°N, -124.6°W
 * Northwest Territories - Banks Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -117.58333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -117.58333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -116.73333°W
 * 73°N, -116.73333°W
 * Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -114.01667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -114.01667°W
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 * 73°N, -113.1°W
 * 73°N, -113.1°W
 * Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -112.88333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -112.88333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -110.58333°W
 * 73°N, -110.58333°W
 * Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -110.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -110.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -108.11667°W
 * 73°N, -108.11667°W
 * Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -105°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -105°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -102.5°W
 * 73°N, -102.5°W
 * Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -101.75°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -101.75°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -100.41667°W
 * 73°N, -100.41667°W
 * Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island and Prescott Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -96.58333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -96.58333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -95.75°W
 * 73°N, -95.75°W
 * Nunavut - Somerset Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -91.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -91.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -89.35°W
 * 73°N, -89.35°W
 * Nunavut - Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -86.38333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -86.38333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -85.03333°W
 * 73°N, -85.03333°W
 * Nunavut - Baffin Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -80.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -80.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -80.11667°W
 * 73°N, -80.11667°W
 * Nunavut - Bylot Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -76.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -76.25°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 73°N, -55.5°W
 * 73°N, -55.5°W
 * Puugutaa
 * 73°N, -23.16667°W
 * 73°N, -23.16667°W
 * Geographical Society Island
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 73°N, -22.43333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
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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).