List of circles of latitude

This article contains a list of notable circles of latitude on Earth.

Day length for any latitude, and sunrise and sunset times on any longitude, can be calculated for any date using, for example, the sunrise equation. Online calculators are also available, such as from NOAA.[1]

Northern Hemisphere
Latitude	Geographic crossings	Political boundaries
90°N	North Pole
89°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
88°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
87°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
86°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
85°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
84°N	Lies entirely in the Arctic Ocean
83°N	83°0′N 77°25′W – Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 83°0′N 46°39′W – Sverdrup Island, Greenland 83°0′N 46°13′W – Mascart Sound, Greenland 83°0′N 43°45′W – Nansen Land, Greenland 83°0′N 41°33′W – Thomas Thomsen Fjord, Greenland 83°0′N 41°19′W – Borup Island, Greenland 83°0′N 40°38′W – Adolf Jensen Fjord, Greenland 83°0′N 39°45′W – MacMillan Island, Greenland 83°0′N 39°43′W – De Long Fjord, Greenland 83°0′N 36°47′W – Amundsen Land, Greenland 83°0′N 33°20′W – Frederick E. Hyde Fjord, Greenland 83°0′N 28°40′W – Hans Egede Land, Greenland
82°N	83°0′N 77°25′W – Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada 82°0′N 62°34′W – Nares Strait 82°0′N 59°59′W – Nyeboe Land, Greenland 82°0′N 54°13′W – St George Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 52°43′W – Hendrik Island, Greenland 82°0′N 51°34′W – Sherard Osborn Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 49°0′W – Wulff Land, Greenland 82°0′N 46°31′W – Victoria Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 32°26′W – Christian Erichsen Ice Cap, Greenland 82°0′N 29°57′W – Independence Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 24°48′W – Cape Peter Henrik, Greenland 82°0′N 23°55′W – Hagen Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 23°10′W – Cape Rigsdagen, Greenland 82°0′N 21°18′W – Princess Thyra Island, Greenland 82°0′N 20°17′W – Princess Margaret Island, Greenland
81°N	81°0′N 38°0′E – Queen Victoria Sea, Arctic Ocean 81°0′N 54°27′E – Franz Josef Land, Russia 81°0′N 93°45′E – Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia 81°0′N 95°16′W – Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada 81°0′N 91°38′W – Nansen Sound, Canada 81°0′N 66°52′W – Nares Strait, Canada 81°0′N 61°25′W – Petermann Glacier, Greenland 81°0′N 19°5′W – Romer Lake, Greenland
1°N	1°0′N 9°31′E – Island of Elobey Chico, Equatorial Guinea 1°0′N 97°23′E – Island of Nias, Indonesia 1°0′N 98°56′E – Meranti Islands, Indonesia 1°0′N 103°47′E – Riau Islands, Indonesia 1°0′N 107°23′E – Tambelan archipelago, Indonesia 1°0′N 173°0′E – Maiana atoll, Kiribati	Equatorial Guinea and Gabon[2]

Northern Hemisphere

90th parallel north, the North Pole

66°33′49.6″ north – Arctic Circle

66 N
65 N
64 N
63 N
62 N
61 N
60 N
59 N
58 N
57 N
56 N
55 N
54 N
53 N
52 N
51 N
50 N
49 N
48 N
47 N
46 N
45 N
44 N
43 N
42 N
41 N
40 N
39 N
38 N
37 N
36 N
35 N
34 N
33 N
32 N
31 N
30 N
29 N
28 N
27 N
26 N
25 N
24 N

23°26′10.4″ – Tropic of Cancer

Equator

The equator, a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the northern and southern hemispheres. On Earth, it is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude.

0°

Equator

Southern Hemisphere

23°26′10.4″ south – Tropic of Capricorn

24 S
25 S
26 S
27 S
28 S
29 S
30 S
31 S
32 S
33 S
34 S
35 S
36 S
37 S
38 S
39 S
40 S
41 S
42 S
43 S
44 S
45 S
46 S
47 S
48 S
49 S
50 S
51 S
52 S
53 S
54 S
55 S
56 S
57 S
58 S
59 S
60 S
61 S
62 S
63 S
64 S
65 S
66 S

66°33′49.6″ south – Antarctic Circle

90th parallel south, the South Pole

References

NOAA. "NOAA Solar Calculator". ESRL Global Monitoring Laboratory - Global Radiation and Aerosols. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
"Equatorial Guinea–Gabon". Sovereign Limits. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

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[1] NOAA. "NOAA Solar Calculator". ESRL Global Monitoring Laboratory - Global Radiation and Aerosols. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[2] "Equatorial Guinea–Gabon". Sovereign Limits. Retrieved 7 October 2022.