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The '''70th parallel north''' is a [[circle of latitude]] that is 70 [[degree (angle)|degrees]] [[true north|north]] of the [[Earth|Earth's]] [[equator|equatorial plane]], in the [[Arctic]]. It crosses the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]], and passes through some of the southern seas of the [[Arctic Ocean]].

At this latitude [[midnight sun]] lasts from about [[May 16th]] to [[July 27th]], and [[polar night#Civil polar twilight|civil polar twilight]] from [[November 25th]] to [[January 16th]]. At [[noon]] on the [[summer solstice|summer]] and [[winter solstice]]s, the sun's altitude of the sun is 43.45° and -3.04° respectively. At [[midnight]] on the summer solstice, the sun's altitude of the sun is 3.64°.

==Around the world==