<Tr> <Th> Parallel </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 70 ° N </Td> <Td> On Victoria Island, Canada, two sections of the border between Northwest Territories and Nunavut . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 60 ° N </Td> <Td> In Canada, the southern border of Yukon with the northern border of British Columbia; the southern border of Northwest Territories with the northern borders of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan; and the southern border of mainland Nunavut with the northern border of Manitoba, leading to the expression "north of sixty" for the territories . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 54 ° 40'N </Td> <Td> The border between 19th century Russian territories to the north and conflicting American and British land claims in western North America . The conflicting claims led to the Oregon boundary dispute between Britain and the United States, giving rise to the slogan "Fifty - four forty or fight ." </Td> </Tr>

The equator is said to be the largest circle on the earth