62nd parallel north

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62nd parallel north

The 62nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 62 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 19 hours, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 5 hours, 9 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 62° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Norway Islands of Vågsøy and Barmøya, and the mainland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sweden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Finland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Passing through Lake Onega
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk Penzhin Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake
Nunavut
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Bay Passing just south of Coats Island, Nunavut,  Canada
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Mansel Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Smooth Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Davis Strait Passing just north of Edgell Island, Nunavut,  Canada
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Greenland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Faroe Islands Islands of Koltur, Streymoy and Nólsoy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea

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