71st parallel north
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The 71st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 71 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America, and passes through some of the southern seas of the Arctic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and Civil Twilight during the winter solstice.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 71° north passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 71°0′N 0°0′E / 71.000°N 0.000°E / 71.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 71°0′N 23°51′E / 71.000°N 23.850°E / 71.000; 23.850 (Norway) Norway Islands of Rolvsøy, Havøya, Måsøya, Magerøya 71°0′N 26°8′E / 71.000°N 26.133°E / 71.000; 26.133 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 71°0′N 27°15′E / 71.000°N 27.250°E / 71.000; 27.250 (Norway) Norway Nordkinn Peninsula 71°0′N 28°26′E / 71.000°N 28.433°E / 71.000; 28.433 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 71°0′N 53°0′E / 71.000°N 53.000°E / 71.000; 53.000 (Russia) Russia Novaya Zemlya - islands of Mezhdusharskiy and Yuzhny 71°0′N 56°40′E / 71.000°N 56.667°E / 71.000; 56.667 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 71°0′N 66°41′E / 71.000°N 66.683°E / 71.000; 66.683 (Russia) Russia Yamal Peninsula 71°0′N 72°35′E / 71.000°N 72.583°E / 71.000; 72.583 (Gulf of Ob) Gulf of Ob 71°0′N 73°48′E / 71.000°N 73.800°E / 71.000; 73.800 (Russia) Russia Gydan Peninsula 71°0′N 82°12′E / 71.000°N 82.200°E / 71.000; 82.200 (Yenisei Gulf) Yenisei Gulf 71°0′N 83°24′E / 71.000°N 83.400°E / 71.000; 83.400 (Russia) Russia 71°0′N 130°15′E / 71.000°N 130.250°E / 71.000; 130.250 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea Buor-Khaya Gulf 71°0′N 131°46′E / 71.000°N 131.767°E / 71.000; 131.767 (Russia) Russia Yana-Indigirka Lowland 71°0′N 152°7′E / 71.000°N 152.117°E / 71.000; 152.117 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea 71°0′N 154°50′E / 71.000°N 154.833°E / 71.000; 154.833 (Russia) Russia Kolyma Lowland 71°0′N 158°8′E / 71.000°N 158.133°E / 71.000; 158.133 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea 71°0′N 178°37′E / 71.000°N 178.617°E / 71.000; 178.617 (Russia) Russia Wrangel Island 71°0′N 178°14′W / 71.000°N 178.233°W / 71.000; -178.233 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 71°0′N 157°23′W / 71.000°N 157.383°W / 71.000; -157.383 (United States) United States Alaska - North Slope 71°0′N 154°35′W / 71.000°N 154.583°W / 71.000; -154.583 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea 71°0′N 127°19′W / 71.000°N 127.317°W / 71.000; -127.317 (Amundsen Gulf) Amundsen Gulf Passing just south of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 71°0′N 118°24′W / 71.000°N 118.400°W / 71.000; -118.400 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
Nunavut - Victoria Island71°0′N 104°24′W / 71.000°N 104.400°W / 71.000; -104.400 (M'Clintock Channel) M'Clintock Channel 71°0′N 99°15′W / 71.000°N 99.250°W / 71.000; -99.250 (Larsen Sound) Larsen Sound 71°0′N 96°28′W / 71.000°N 96.467°W / 71.000; -96.467 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Boothia Peninsula 71°0′N 92°52′W / 71.000°N 92.867°W / 71.000; -92.867 (Gulf of Boothia) Gulf of Boothia 71°0′N 89°15′W / 71.000°N 89.250°W / 71.000; -89.250 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 71°0′N 88°21′W / 71.000°N 88.350°W / 71.000; -88.350 (Bernier Bay) Bernier Bay 71°0′N 87°17′W / 71.000°N 87.283°W / 71.000; -87.283 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again 71°0′N 70°34′W / 71.000°N 70.567°W / 71.000; -70.567 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 71°0′N 52°30′W / 71.000°N 52.500°W / 71.000; -52.500 (Greenland) Greenland Uummannaq Fjord 71°0′N 24°45′W / 71.000°N 24.750°W / 71.000; -24.750 (Scoresby Sund) Hall Bredning 71°0′N 23°0′W / 71.000°N 23.000°W / 71.000; -23.000 (Greenland) Greenland Jameson Land 71°0′N 21°46′W / 71.000°N 21.767°W / 71.000; -21.767 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 71°0′N 8°30′W / 71.000°N 8.500°W / 71.000; -8.500 (Norway) Norway Island of Jan Mayen 71°0′N 8°6′W / 71.000°N 8.100°W / 71.000; -8.100 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
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