64th parallel north

The 64th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 64 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

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64th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 21 hours, 1 minute during the summer solstice and 4 hours, 12 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 64° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
64°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°5′E  Norway Islands and skerries of Froan, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°11′E Atlantic Ocean Frohavet, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°49′E  Norway Islands and skerries of, and Linesøya, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°55′E Atlantic Ocean Linesfjorden and Paulen, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 10°1′E  Norway Mainland Trøndelag
64°0′N 11°11′E Atlantic Ocean Beitstadfjorden, Trondheimsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 11°28′E  Norway Trøndelag
64°0′N 12°45′E  Sweden Passing just north of Umeå
64°0′N 20°55′E Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
64°0′N 23°23′E  Finland
64°0′N 30°28′E  Russia
64°0′N 36°15′E Arctic Ocean Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
64°0′N 38°4′E  Russia
64°0′N 178°40′E Arctic Ocean Bering Sea
64°0′N 160°54′W  United States Alaska - passing through a runway of Allen Army Airfield
64°0′N 141°0′W  Canada Yukon - passing 6 km south of Dawson City
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
64°0′N 88°41′W Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 86°34′W  Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 83°40′W Arctic Ocean South Bay, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 83°9′W  Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 80°36′W Arctic Ocean Foxe Channel
64°0′N 78°2′W  Canada Nunavut - Mill Island and neighbouring islands
64°0′N 77°30′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait
64°0′N 72°44′W  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
64°0′N 64°40′W Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
64°0′N 51°43′W  Greenland Sermersooq
Passing just south of Nuuk
64°0′N 40°38′W Atlantic Ocean
64°0′N 22°43′W  Iceland Passing just south of Reykjavík
64°0′N 16°17′W Atlantic Ocean

See also

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