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

/ ärk′tĭk /

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 .

Notes

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

Example Sentences

The carcass—containing the head, forelimbs, and front part of the animal—was discovered encased in a chunk of ice in 2020 near the Badyarikha River in northern Siberia, above the Arctic Circle.

From Science Magazine

Now an expert in the species says she believes the whale did indeed belong to the military and escaped from a naval base in the Arctic Circle.

From BBC

He died in February in a brutal penal colony in the Arctic Circle.

From BBC

A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, he died in an Arctic Circle jail in February while serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.

From BBC

In the northern hemisphere, most of this activity takes place near the Arctic Circle.

From BBC