12th parallel north

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12th parallel north

The 12th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 12 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 50 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 25 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 12° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Niger For about 15 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Benin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Niger
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nigeria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cameroon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Chad Passing just south of N'Djamena
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  South Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ethiopia Passing through Lake Tana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Djibouti
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Gulf of Aden - passing just north of the northernmost point of  Somalia
Arabian Sea - passing just south of the Socotra archipelago,  Yemen
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Kerala
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry - for about 4 km
Tamil Nadu
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Andaman and Nicobar Islands - South Andaman Island and Havelock Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma) Mergui Archipelago and mainland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand Island of Ko Chang
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand For about 1 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cambodia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Vietnam
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing just north of the island of Culion,  Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Busuanga Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Semirara Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea Passing just north of the island of Molocamboc,  Philippines
Passing just north of the island of Borocay,  Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sibuyan Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Masbate Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Visayan Sea Asid Gulf
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Masbate Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Samar Sea Passing just south of the island of Tagapul-an,  Philippines
Passing just north of the island of Almagro,  Philippines
Passing just north of the island of Camandag,  Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Samar Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Enewetak atoll,  Marshall Islands
Passing just north of Bikini Atoll,  Marshall Islands
Passing just south of Bikar Atoll,  Marshall Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nicaragua Passing through Lake Nicaragua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just south of the Corn Islands,  Nicaragua
Passing just south of the Albuquerque Cays,  Colombia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Colombia Guajira Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Gulf of Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Venezuela Paraguaná Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing between the islands of Curaçao and Klein Curaçao,  Curaçao
Passing just south of the island of Bonaire,  Netherlands
Passing just north of the Las Aves archipelago,  Venezuela
Passing just north of the Los Roques archipelago,  Venezuela
Passing just north of La Orchila island,  Venezuela
Passing just north of Blanquilla Island,  Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Grenada
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.  Guinea-Bissau
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali For about 3 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali For about 1 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso

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