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The glaciations that occurred during the glacial period covered many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Northern hemisphere glaciation during the last ice ages. The setup of 3 to 4 kilometer thick ice sheets caused a sea level lowering of about 120 m. The Arctic is a region around the North Pole (90° latitude). Its climate is characterized by ...
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
Northern Hemisphere: The half that lies north of the Equator. This hemisphere contains approximately 68% of Earth's landmass and is home to about 90% of the global population. [4] It includes North America, Europe, Asia, and most of Africa. Southern Hemisphere: The half that lies south of the Equator. It contains approximately 32% of Earth's ...
Europe and North America are entirely on Earth's Northern Hemisphere. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. A. Africa (29 ...
Northern Cyprus: De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus. −35.3 Canberra: Australia: 35.68 Tehran: Iran: 35.68 Tokyo: Japan: 35.88 Valletta: Malta: 36.13 Gibraltar: Gibraltar: British Overseas Territory: 36.77 Algiers: Algeria: 36.8 Tunis: Tunisia: −37.07 ...
This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the northernmost point under the control of a nation is listed. Where borders are contested, the northernmost point under the control of a nation is listed.
World map with the middle latitudes highlighted in red Extratropical cyclone formation areas. The middle latitudes, also called the mid-latitudes (sometimes spelled midlatitudes) or moderate latitudes, are spatial regions on either hemisphere of Earth, located between the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23°26′09.7″) and the Arctic Circle (66°33′50.3″) in the northern hemisphere and ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...