72nd parallel north
The 72nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 72 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America. At this latitude, the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and Civil Twilight during the winter solstice. This is the parallel where twilight/nighttime boundary on the equinoxes. Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 72° north passes through:

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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Barents Sea
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| Novaya Zemlya - Yuzhny Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kara Sea
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| Yamal Peninsula
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Ob
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| Gydan Peninsula - passing through Khalmyer Bay and Yuratski Bay
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| Khalmyer Bay - Surrounded by Gydan Peninsula
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Yenisei Gulf
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East Siberian Sea
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Beaufort Sea
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| Northwest Territories - Banks Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince of Wales Strait
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| Northwest Territories - Victoria Island Nunavut - Victoria Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hadley Bay
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| Nunavut - Victoria Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | M'Clintock Channel
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| Nunavut - Prince of Wales Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Peel Sound
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| Nunavut - Somerset Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bellot Strait
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| Nunavut - Murchison Promontory
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Prince Regent Inlet
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| Nunavut - Baffin Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Admiralty Inlet
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| Nunavut - Baffin Island
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baffin Bay
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| Nunavik Peninsula
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| Stauning Alps 
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
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See also
71st parallel north
73rd parallel north

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Geography of the Arctic