67th parallel north

The 67th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 67 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 50 km north of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

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67th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and 1 hour, 30 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 67° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
67°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 12°12′E Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°38′E Fugløyfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°52′E  Norway Høgstjerna, Nordland
67°0′N 14°0′E Atlantic Ocean Sørfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°3′E  Norway Mainland Nordland
67°0′N 14°8′E Atlantic Ocean Morsdalsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°14′E  Norway Mainland Nordland
67°0′N 16°16′E  Sweden north of the Gulf of Bothnia
67°0′N 23°47′E  Finland
67°0′N 29°5′E  Russia
67°0′N 32°33′E Arctic Ocean Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 32°49′E  Russia
67°0′N 41°20′E Arctic Ocean White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 44°23′E  Russia Kanin Peninsula
67°0′N 45°41′E Arctic Ocean Chosha Bay, Barents Sea
67°0′N 47°43′E  Russia
67°0′N 71°55′E Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea
67°0′N 73°53′E  Russia
67°0′N 172°28′W Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
67°0′N 162°51′W  United States Alaska
67°0′N 141°0′W  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the northernmost point of Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
67°0′N 81°36′W Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
67°0′N 72°49′W  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
67°0′N 62°2′W Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
67°0′N 53°40′W  Greenland Russell Glacier
Passing just south of Cape Warming
67°0′N 33°44′W Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
Greenland Sea — passing just south of Kolbeinsey,  Iceland (at 67°8′N 18°41′W)
Norwegian Sea

See also

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