Antarctic Circle

noun

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

Antarctic Circle

noun

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

Antarctic Circle

/ ănt-ärk′tĭk /

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

Antarctic Circle

1. An imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the South Pole .

Notes

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

Example Sentences

In the south, a clump of ice-bound land, well within the Antarctic Circle, surrounds the pole.

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I had crossed the antarctic circle; I had been borne onward for an immense distance.

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On the 26th we crossed the Antarctic Circle, and the same day the temperature both of air and water rose above 32 F.

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Weddell now made for the south, crossed the Antarctic Circle in W. long.

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On the 15th the Antarctic Circle was crossed on a south-westerly course.

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