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Definition of Antarctic circle
1. Noun. A line of latitude north of the south pole.
Definition of Antarctic circle
1. Proper noun. (geography) The line which marks approximately the northernmost place in the Southern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antarctic Circle
Literary usage of Antarctic circle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions by James Clark Ross (1847)
"Enter antarctic circle.— Meteorological Abstract for February. — Deep Soundings.
... The great Comet Recross antarctic circle. — Search for Bouvet Island. ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"... and thence prolonged on the meridian of that cape till it meets the Antarctic
Circle ; that its eastern limit be the shores of Europe and Africa as far ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1840)
"THE antarctic circle. The edi tors of the Journal of Commerce have brought together
in the annexed schedule all the various points of east longitude where ..."
4. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... IV LYTTELTON TO THE antarctic circle Final Preparations at Lyttelton :
Enthusiastic send-off: In tow of the Koonya for 1510 miles: Getting through the ..."
5. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Sir James Ross crosses the antarctic circle on New Year's Day, 1841.—Discovers
Victoria Land.—Dangerous Landing on Franklin Island. ..."
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