70th parallel south

The 70th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane in the Antarctic. The parallel passes through the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 70° south passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
70°0′S 0°0′E / 70.000°S 0.000°E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norway
70°0′S 3°16′E / 70.000°S 3.267°E	Southern Ocean	South of the Atlantic Ocean
70°0′S 6°22′E / 70.000°S 6.367°E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norway
70°0′S 21°9′E / 70.000°S 21.150°E	Southern Ocean	South of the Indian Ocean
70°0′S 26°32′E / 70.000°S 26.533°E	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norway Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by   Australia Adélie Land, claimed by   France Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by   Australia Ross Dependency, claimed by   New Zealand
70°0′S 160°34′E / 70.000°S 160.567°E	Southern Ocean	South of the Pacific Ocean
70°0′S 74°39′W / 70.000°S 74.650°W	Antarctica	Alexander Island and Antarctic Peninsula - claimed by   Argentina,   Chile and   United Kingdom (overlapping claims)
70°0′S 60°33′W / 70.000°S 60.550°W	Southern Ocean	Weddell Sea, south of the Atlantic Ocean
70°0′S 1°57′W / 70.000°S 1.950°W	Antarctica	Queen Maud Land, claimed by   Norway

• 69th parallel south
• 71st parallel south
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands