The 65th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 65 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

Line across the Earth
65°
65th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 22 hours, 4 minutes during the June solstice and 3 hours, 35 minutes during the December solstice.

Around the world edit

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 65° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
65°0′N 0°0′E / 65.000°N 0.000°E / 65.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 10°49′E / 65.000°N 10.817°E / 65.000; 10.817 (Norway)   Norway Islands and skerries of Vikna, Trøndelag
65°0′N 11°9′E / 65.000°N 11.150°E / 65.000; 11.150 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Risværfjorden, Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 11°37′E / 65.000°N 11.617°E / 65.000; 11.617 (Norway)   Norway Mainland Trøndelag
65°0′N 11°47′E / 65.000°N 11.783°E / 65.000; 11.783 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Årsetfjorden, Lekafjorden, Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 11°48′E / 65.000°N 11.800°E / 65.000; 11.800 (Norway)   Norway Trøndelag, Nordland
65°0′N 20°03′E / 65.000°N 20.050°E / 65.000; 20.050 (Sweden)   Sweden Jörn, Västerbotten County
65°0′N 21°23′E / 65.000°N 21.383°E / 65.000; 21.383 (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
65°0′N 24°34′E / 65.000°N 24.567°E / 65.000; 24.567 (Finland)   Finland Island of Hailuoto and mainland, passing south of Oulu.
65°0′N 29°36′E / 65.000°N 29.600°E / 65.000; 29.600 (Russia)   Russia
65°0′N 34°48′E / 65.000°N 34.800°E / 65.000; 34.800 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 35°42′E / 65.000°N 35.700°E / 65.000; 35.700 (Russia)   Russia Solovetsky Islands
65°0′N 35°51′E / 65.000°N 35.850°E / 65.000; 35.850 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 36°48′E / 65.000°N 36.800°E / 65.000; 36.800 (Russia)   Russia Onega Peninsula
65°0′N 37°43′E / 65.000°N 37.717°E / 65.000; 37.717 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Dvina Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 40°19′E / 65.000°N 40.317°E / 65.000; 40.317 (Russia)   Russia
65°0′N 179°53′E / 65.000°N 179.883°E / 65.000; 179.883 (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea
65°0′N 175°52′W / 65.000°N 175.867°W / 65.000; -175.867 (Russia)   Russia Chukchi Peninsula
65°0′N 172°13′W / 65.000°N 172.217°W / 65.000; -172.217 (Bering Strait) Pacific Ocean Bering Strait, Bering Sea
Passing just north of King Island, Alaska,   United States
65°0′N 166°41′W / 65.000°N 166.683°W / 65.000; -166.683 (United States)   United States Alaska
65°0′N 141°0′W / 65.000°N 141.000°W / 65.000; -141.000 (Canada)   Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories – passing through Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
65°0′N 87°7′W / 65.000°N 87.117°W / 65.000; -87.117 (Roes Welcome Sound) Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
65°0′N 86°12′W / 65.000°N 86.200°W / 65.000; -86.200 (Canada)   Canada NunavutSouthampton Island
65°0′N 83°17′W / 65.000°N 83.283°W / 65.000; -83.283 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
65°0′N 78°3′W / 65.000°N 78.050°W / 65.000; -78.050 (Canada)   Canada NunavutBaffin Island
65°0′N 66°30′W / 65.000°N 66.500°W / 65.000; -66.500 (Cumberland Sound) Arctic Ocean Cumberland Sound, Labrador Sea
65°0′N 63°49′W / 65.000°N 63.817°W / 65.000; -63.817 (Canada)   Canada NunavutCumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island
65°0′N 63°27′W / 65.000°N 63.450°W / 65.000; -63.450 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
65°0′N 51°48′W / 65.000°N 51.800°W / 65.000; -51.800 (Greenland)   Greenland Fiskevandet
65°0′N 40°36′W / 65.000°N 40.600°W / 65.000; -40.600 (Pikiulleq) Atlantic Ocean Pikiulleq, Denmark Strait
65°0′N 39°46′W / 65.000°N 39.767°W / 65.000; -39.767 (Greenland)   Greenland Takiseeq
65°0′N 39°47′W / 65.000°N 39.783°W / 65.000; -39.783 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
65°0′N 23°14′W / 65.000°N 23.233°W / 65.000; -23.233 (Iceland)   Iceland
65°0′N 13°36′W / 65.000°N 13.600°W / 65.000; -13.600 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea

Notable cities and towns on 65°N edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mutt, Shivaprakash Jagalur; Jokelainen, Jari; Sebert, Sylvain; Auvinen, Juha; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka; Herzig, Karl-Heinz (2019-05-30). "Vitamin D Status and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Subjects from Northern Finland (Latitude 65°North)". Nutrients. 11 (6): 1229. doi:10.3390/nu11061229. ISSN 2072-6643. PMC 6628213. PMID 31151163.