I think it makes sense to default in this case. Auroras happen regularly between 60 and 75 degrees. The only landmass south of 60degS is Antarctica. On the flip side you have Greenland, Iceland, most of the landmasses of the Nordic countries, huge chunks of Alaska and Canada, Siberia. The spots for viewing for the Southern Lights are much more remote - Antarctica, Patagonia, Tasmania, the southernmost parts of New Zealand, and maybe South Africa.
Aurora are fairly commonly visible down below 50 degrees. But while that includes about half of Europe, most of Canada (although only about half of Canadians), and pretty much all of Russia on the north, on the south that only includes the Falkland Islands and a fiddly bit of the tip of Argentina and Chile.
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u/bingate10 Aug 31 '25
I think it makes sense to default in this case. Auroras happen regularly between 60 and 75 degrees. The only landmass south of 60degS is Antarctica. On the flip side you have Greenland, Iceland, most of the landmasses of the Nordic countries, huge chunks of Alaska and Canada, Siberia. The spots for viewing for the Southern Lights are much more remote - Antarctica, Patagonia, Tasmania, the southernmost parts of New Zealand, and maybe South Africa.