10th parallel north
The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 43 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 33 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
A section of the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone is defined by the parallel.
The Ten Degree Channel in the Indian Ocean is named after the parallel.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 10° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ghana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Togo
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. 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
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
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Central African Republic
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. Abyei Area controlled by Sudan, and claimed by
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. 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. 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
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Somalia
Passing through Somaliland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Passing just south of the island of Kalpeni,India
Laccadive SeaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. India
Kerala
Tamil NaduLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Ten Degree Channel (between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India)
Andaman SeaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Myanmar (Burma)
Island of Zadetkyi Kyun in the Mergui Archipelago 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)
The southernmost tip of the Burmese 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 Passing just south of the island of Ko Tao, Thailand
Passing just south of the island of Phú Quốc,Vietnam
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 through the disputed Spratly Islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Island of Palawan 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
Island of Negros Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tañon Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Island of Cebu Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cebu Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Island of Bohol Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bohol Sea Passing just south of the island of Leyte, Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Island of Panaon Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Surigao Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Islands of Sibanac and Dinagat Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Dinagat Sound Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Philippines
Island of Siargao 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. Federated States of Micronesia
Passing through Ulithi Atoll Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Ujelang Atoll, Marshall Islands
Passing just south of Wotho Atoll,Marshall Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Marshall Islands
Passing through Likiep Atoll 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. Costa Rica
Passing through the Gulf of Nicoya
Passing just north of San JoséLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Colombia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Venezuela
Passing through Lake Maracaibo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just south of the island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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. Guinea /
Sierra Leone border
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. Ivory Coast
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. Ghana
See also
References
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