Arctic Circle

noun

1. an imaginary line drawn parallel to the equator, at 23°28prime; S of the North Pole: between the North Frigid Zone and the North Temperate Zone.

Arctic Circle

noun

1. the imaginary circle round the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude 66° 32′ N; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun appears above the level of the horizon on the winter solstice

Arctic Circle

1. The parallel of latitude approximately 66°33′ north. It forms the boundary between the North Temperate and North Frigid zones.

Arctic Circle

1. Imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the North Pole. North of this line is the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” where the sun never sets on the summer solstice.

The Arctic Circle corresponds to the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere.

Example Sentences

The OT’s Jewish victims, like their non-Jewish counterparts, were forced to work on everything from underground armaments factories to V-2 rockets and even a railroad above the Arctic Circle in Norway.

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The Brazilian anthem was duly played at the bottom of the Lapland ski slope 170km north of the Arctic Circle.

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Two years ago, mining officials announced that the city, about 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle, also sits on what could be the largest find of rare earths in Europe.

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Located 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Pituffik Space Base—known as Thule Air Force Base until 2023—is America’s northernmost base and is key for protecting the U.S. from missile attacks.

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Russian officials and prison authorities have said it occurred suddenly after he collapsed during exercise at a prison camp above the Arctic Circle, where he was serving out a lengthy sentence.

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