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The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America , and the Atlantic Ocean . Although it lies approximately twice as far away from the Equator as from the North Pole , the 60th parallel is half as long as the Equator line, due to the cosine ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... 90th parallel north, the North Pole; 89 N; 88 N; 87 N; 86 N; 85 N; 84 N; 83 N;
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The Mercator projection of a world map. The angles are untrue for area, especially at high latitudes. Also note increasing distances between the latitudes towards the poles and the parallel lines of longitude. The only true world map is the globe. The Mercator projection comes from a globe inside a cylinder.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 60th parallel may refer to: 60th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the ...
The map also shows the 75th parallel north and 60th parallel north. Temporary research station of German-Swiss expedition on the sea ice at the Geographic North Pole. Drillings at the landing site at 90°N showed an average ice thickness of 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) on April 16, 1990 This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km (0.62 mi ...
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