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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 71° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 71°0′N 0°0′E / 71.000°N 0.000°E / 71.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 71°0′N 23°51′E / 71.000°N 23.850°E / 71.000; 23.850 (Norway) Norway Islands of Rolvsøy, Havøya, Måsøy, Magerøya 71°0′N 26°8′E / 71.000°N 26.133°E / 71.000; 26.133 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 71°0′N 27°15′E / 71.000°N 27.250°E / 71.000; 27.250 (Norway) Norway Nordkinn Peninsula 71°0′N 28°26′E / 71.000°N 28.433°E / 71.000; 28.433 (Barents Sea) Barents Sea 71°0′N 53°0′E / 71.000°N 53.000°E / 71.000; 53.000 (Russia) Russia Novaya Zemlya - islands of Mezhdusharskiy and Yuzhny 71°0′N 56°40′E / 71.000°N 56.667°E / 71.000; 56.667 (Kara Sea) Kara Sea 71°0′N 66°41′E / 71.000°N 66.683°E / 71.000; 66.683 (Russia) Russia Yamal Peninsula 71°0′N 72°35′E / 71.000°N 72.583°E / 71.000; 72.583 (Gulf of Ob) Gulf of Ob 71°0′N 73°48′E / 71.000°N 73.800°E / 71.000; 73.800 (Russia) Russia Gydan Peninsula 71°0′N 82°12′E / 71.000°N 82.200°E / 71.000; 82.200 (Yenisei Gulf) Yenisei Gulf 71°0′N 83°24′E / 71.000°N 83.400°E / 71.000; 83.400 (Russia) Russia 71°0′N 130°15′E / 71.000°N 130.250°E / 71.000; 130.250 (Laptev Sea) Laptev Sea Buor-Khaya Gulf 71°0′N 131°46′E / 71.000°N 131.767°E / 71.000; 131.767 (Russia) Russia 71°0′N 152°7′E / 71.000°N 152.117°E / 71.000; 152.117 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea 71°0′N 154°50′E / 71.000°N 154.833°E / 71.000; 154.833 (Russia) Russia 71°0′N 158°8′E / 71.000°N 158.133°E / 71.000; 158.133 (East Siberian Sea) East Siberian Sea 71°0′N 178°37′E / 71.000°N 178.617°E / 71.000; 178.617 (Russia) Russia Wrangel Island 71°0′N 178°14′W / 71.000°N 178.233°W / 71.000; -178.233 (Chukchi Sea) Chukchi Sea 71°0′N 157°23′W / 71.000°N 157.383°W / 71.000; -157.383 (United States) United States Alaska - North Slope 71°0′N 154°35′W / 71.000°N 154.583°W / 71.000; -154.583 (Beaufort Sea) Beaufort Sea 71°0′N 127°19′W / 71.000°N 127.317°W / 71.000; -127.317 (Amundsen Gulf) Amundsen Gulf Passing just south of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 71°0′N 118°24′W / 71.000°N 118.400°W / 71.000; -118.400 (Canada) Canada Northwest Territories - Victoria Island
Nunavut - Victoria Island71°0′N 104°24′W / 71.000°N 104.400°W / 71.000; -104.400 (M'Clintock Channel) M'Clintock Channel 71°0′N 99°15′W / 71.000°N 99.250°W / 71.000; -99.250 (Larsen Sound) Larsen Sound 71°0′N 96°28′W / 71.000°N 96.467°W / 71.000; -96.467 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Boothia Peninsula 71°0′N 92°52′W / 71.000°N 92.867°W / 71.000; -92.867 (Gulf of Boothia) Gulf of Boothia 71°0′N 89°15′W / 71.000°N 89.250°W / 71.000; -89.250 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 71°0′N 88°21′W / 71.000°N 88.350°W / 71.000; -88.350 (Bernier Bay) Bernier Bay 71°0′N 87°17′W / 71.000°N 87.283°W / 71.000; -87.283 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island, Sillem Island and Baffin Island again 71°0′N 70°34′W / 71.000°N 70.567°W / 71.000; -70.567 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay 71°0′N 51°51′W / 71.000°N 51.850°W / 71.000; -51.850 (Greenland) Greenland Mainland, and the island of Milne Land 71°0′N 25°43′W / 71.000°N 25.717°W / 71.000; -25.717 (Scoresby Sund) Scoresby Sund 71°0′N 24°12′W / 71.000°N 24.200°W / 71.000; -24.200 (Greenland) Greenland Scoresby Land 71°0′N 21°46′W / 71.000°N 21.767°W / 71.000; -21.767 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea 71°0′N 8°30′W / 71.000°N 8.500°W / 71.000; -8.500 (Norway) Norway Island of Jan Mayen 71°0′N 8°6′W / 71.000°N 8.100°W / 71.000; -8.100 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
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