8th parallel south

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8th parallel south

The 8th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 8 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

Two sections of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola are defined by the parallel.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 8° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
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.  Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Democratic Republic of the Congo /  Angola border
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Democratic Republic of the Congo /  Angola border
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Angola
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lake Tanganyika
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Tanzania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Passing just south of the island of Mafia,  Tanzania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Tanzania Island of Chole
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Java
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bali Sea Passing just north of the island of Bali,  Indonesia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Flores Sea Passing just north of the island of Sumbawa,  Indonesia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Banda Sea Passing just north of the island of Flores,  Indonesia
Passing just north of the island of Alor,  Indonesia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Islands of Liran and Wetar
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wetar Strait Passing just north of the island of Kisar,  Indonesia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Babar
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Timor Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Island of Yamdena
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arafura Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Indonesia Islands of Yos Sudarso and New Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Papua New Guinea Island of New Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Papua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Papua New Guinea Island of New Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Solomon Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Solomon Islands Island of Ranongga
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Solomon Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Solomon Islands Island of Kolombangara
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kula Gulf
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Solomon Islands Island of New Georgia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. New Georgia Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Solomon Islands Santa Isabel Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of the island of Dai,  Solomon Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Tuvalu Nukufetau atoll
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean The parallel defines the northern maritime boundary of the  Cook Islands from the 167th meridian west to the 156th meridian west
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  French Polynesia Island of Eiao
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Peru
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Brazil Acre
Amazonas
Rondônia
Amazonas
Mato Grosso
Pará
Tocantins
Maranhão - for about 11 km
Tocantins
Maranhão
Piauí
Pernambuco
Paraíba
Pernambuco
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just to the south of Ascension Island,  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

See also