73rd Parallel North - Around The World

Around The World

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

Co-ordinates 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°40′W / 73.000°N 55.667°W / 73.000; -55.667 (Greenland) Greenland Mainland and 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

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