66th parallel north

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Coordinates: 66°N 0°W / 66°N 0°W / 66; -0

180°

135°W

90°W

45°W

0°

45°E

90°E

135°E

180°

Points on parallel 66° north

The 66th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, just south of the Arctic Circle.

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° north passes through:

Country, territory or sea	Notes
Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
Norway	Islands of Nord-Herøy and Alsten; Nordland
Sweden
Finland
Russia
White Sea
Russia
Gulf of Anadyr
Russia	Chukchi Peninsula
Gulf of Anadyr
Russia	Chukchi Peninsula
Bering Strait
United States	Alaska
Canada	Yukon Northwest Territories Yukon Northwest Territories Yukon Northwest Territories, including Great Bear Lake Nunavut
Roes Welcome Sound
Canada	White Island, Nunavut
Frozen Strait
Canada	Vansittart Island, Nunavut
Foxe Basin
Canada	Baffin Island, Nunavut
Cumberland Sound
Canada	Baffin Island, Nunavut
Atlantic Ocean	Davis Strait, Labrador Sea
Greenland
Atlantic Ocean
Iceland	Westfjords peninsula
Húnaflói
Iceland
Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea

[edit] See also

• 65th parallel north
• 67th parallel north
• Arctic Circle

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