circumpolar

Relating to or located in the region around the North or South Pole.

• 🇩🇪Sich auf die Region um den Nord- oder Südpol beziehend oder dort gelegen.

1. Continually visible above the horizon C2 formal scientific

   Describing a celestial body that, from a given latitude, never sets and remains visible throughout its entire daily orbit around the celestial pole.

   • In northern Canada, Polaris is a circumpolar star.
   • Many constellations in the far north are circumpolar.
   • The Southern Cross is not circumpolar for most northern observers.

   🇩🇪Zirkumpolar

2. Located in a polar region C1 formal scientific

   Found or occurring in the area surrounding the North or South Pole.

   • The Arctic fox is a circumpolar species.
   • Circumpolar winds influence the climate of Antarctica.
   • Scientists study circumpolar ecosystems to understand climate change.

   🇩🇪Zirkumpolar

   Synonyme: antarcticarcticpolar

• more circumpolar comparative form
• most circumpolar superlative form