The Viking program data indicate that oxidants on Mars may vary with latitude, noting that Viking 2 saw fewer oxidants than Viking 1 in its more northerly position.
A number of historians, the first of whom was Vasily Bartold, have advocated a more northerly position for the khaganate.
Srinagar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with a climate much cooler than what is found in much of the rest of India, due to its moderately high elevation and northerly position.
So this day and this place marks the most northerly apparent position of the Sun due to that 23 degree tilt.
The mountain is a highly visible landmark thanks to its exposed northerly position within the Alpstein massif.
Calculation showed that if there had been any appreciable motion due to parallax, then the star should have reached its most southerly apparent position in December, and its most northerly apparent position in June.
Its exposed northerly position can give rise to some exceptionally low winter sunshine levels: in January 1983 it recorded just 38 minutes of sunshine, a record low for Scotland.
Of the two, the Bantu now occupy a more northerly position than their neighbors, and are practically the most northerly representatives of that race (Hobley).
After they realised that they could not defend this position, they chose the next-most northerly position, the Thermopylae/Artemisium axis.
Its northerly position makes it more exposed to small summer waves and it's beach topography helps it to handle larger swells.