46th parallel north

The 46th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 46 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

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46th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 38 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 46° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
46°0′N 0°0′E  France
46°0′N 7°0′E  Switzerland
46°0′N 7°53′E  Italy Passing through Lake Maggiore near Luino
46°0′N 8°49′E  Switzerland Passing through Lake Lugano
46°0′N 9°1′E  Italy Passing through Lake Como
46°0′N 13°29′E  Slovenia Passing just south of Ljubljana
46°0′N 15°42′E  Croatia
46°0′N 17°18′E  Hungary
46°0′N 19°4′E  Serbia For about 7 km
46°0′N 19°9′E  Hungary For about 4 km
46°0′N 19°12′E  Serbia For about 2 km
46°0′N 19°14′E  Hungary For about 5 km
46°0′N 19°18′E  Serbia passing just south of Subotica
46°0′N 20°22′E  Romania
46°0′N 28°6′E  Moldova
46°0′N 28°55′E  Ukraine Odesa Oblast — passing just south of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
46°0′N 30°22′E Black Sea
46°0′N 33°37′E  Ukraine Crimea (claimed and controlled by  Russia) — passing just south of Armiansk
Kherson Oblast — passing through Chonhar peninsula and Arabat Spit
46°0′N 34°51′E Sea of Azov
46°0′N 37°56′E  Russia
46°0′N 48°55′E Caspian Sea
46°0′N 52°55′E  Kazakhstan Passing through the Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash
46°0′N 82°30′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
46°0′N 91°0′E  Mongolia
46°0′N 116°18′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Jilin - for about 7 km
Inner Mongolia
Jilin
Heilongjiang — passing about 30 km north of Harbin
46°0′N 133°41′E  Russia Primorsky Krai
46°0′N 137°51′E Sea of Japan
46°0′N 141°58′E  Russia Sakhalin island
46°0′N 142°7′E Sea of Okhotsk
46°0′N 149°56′E  Russia Island of Urup, Kuril Islands
46°0′N 150°13′E Pacific Ocean
46°0′N 123°56′W  United States Oregon
Washington
Washington/Oregon border
Idaho
Montana - passing through Butte
North Dakota (just north of the border with South Dakota)
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
46°0′N 85°37′W Lake Michigan
46°0′N 85°0′W  United States Michigan - Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island
46°0′N 83°30′W Lake Huron North Channel - passing just north of Cockburn Island and Manitoulin Island, Ontario,  Canada
46°0′N 82°13′W  Canada Ontario
Quebec - passing just south of Sorel-Tracy
46°0′N 70°17′W  United States Maine
46°0′N 67°47′W  Canada New Brunswick - passing just north of Fredericton
Nova Scotia (for about 2 km)
46°0′N 64°0′W Northumberland Strait
46°0′N 62°54′W  Canada Prince Edward Island
46°0′N 62°28′W Northumberland Strait
46°0′N 61°33′W  Canada Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island
46°0′N 59°51′W Atlantic Ocean
46°0′N 1°23′W  France Île d'Oléron and the mainland

See also

References

  1. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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