Definition: Located at 23.5 degrees south latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. Marks the southern boundary of the tropics.
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The sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn at noon on the December Solstice, around December 21-22.
Tropic of Capricorn
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