27th parallel north

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27th parallel north

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The 27th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 51 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
27°0′N 0°0′E / 27.000°N 0.000°E / 27.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Algeria
27°0′N 9°50′E / 27.000°N 9.833°E / 27.000; 9.833 (Libya)	Libya
27°0′N 25°0′E / 27.000°N 25.000°E / 27.000; 25.000 (Egypt)	Egypt
27°0′N 33°54′E / 27.000°N 33.900°E / 27.000; 33.900 (Red Sea)	Red Sea
27°0′N 35°55′E / 27.000°N 35.917°E / 27.000; 35.917 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
27°0′N 49°40′E / 27.000°N 49.667°E / 27.000; 49.667 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Passing just north of Lavan Island, Iran
27°0′N 53°21′E / 27.000°N 53.350°E / 27.000; 53.350 (Iran)	Iran
27°0′N 55°48′E / 27.000°N 55.800°E / 27.000; 55.800 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Passing just north of Qeshm island, Iran Passing just south of Hormuz Island, Iran
27°0′N 56°54′E / 27.000°N 56.900°E / 27.000; 56.900 (Iran)	Iran
27°0′N 63°15′E / 27.000°N 63.250°E / 27.000; 63.250 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Balochistan Sindh
27°0′N 69°31′E / 27.000°N 69.517°E / 27.000; 69.517 (India)	India	Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Bihar
27°0′N 84°51′E / 27.000°N 84.850°E / 27.000; 84.850 (Nepal)	Nepal	Birgunj
27°0′N 88°6′E / 27.000°N 88.100°E / 27.000; 88.100 (India)	India	West Bengal
27°0′N 88°52′E / 27.000°N 88.867°E / 27.000; 88.867 (Bhutan)	Bhutan
27°0′N 92°5′E / 27.000°N 92.083°E / 27.000; 92.083 (India)	India	Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by People's Republic of China Assam Arunachal Pradesh
27°0′N 95°48′E / 27.000°N 95.800°E / 27.000; 95.800 (Myanmar)	Myanmar (Burma)
27°0′N 98°44′E / 27.000°N 98.733°E / 27.000; 98.733 (China)	People's Republic of China	Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Guizhou Hunan (for about 4 km) Guizhou Hunan - passing just north of Hengyang Jiangxi - passing just south of Ji'an Fujian
27°0′N 120°16′E / 27.000°N 120.267°E / 27.000; 120.267 (East China Sea)	East China Sea
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E / 27.000; 127.933 (Japan)	Japan	Iheya island
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E / 27.000; 127.933 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just north of Okinawa Island, Japan Passing just south of Yoronjima, Japan Passing just south of Chichi-jima, Japan
27°0′N 114°2′W / 27.000°N 114.033°W / 27.000; -114.033 (Mexico)	Mexico	Baja California peninsula
27°0′N 112°1′W / 27.000°N 112.017°W / 27.000; -112.017 (Gulf of California)	Gulf of California
27°0′N 109°57′W / 27.000°N 109.950°W / 27.000; -109.950 (Mexico)	Mexico	Passing just south of Navojoa and just north of Monclova
27°0′N 99°24′W / 27.000°N 99.400°W / 27.000; -99.400 (United States)	United States	Texas - mainland and Padre Island
27°0′N 97°23′W / 27.000°N 97.383°W / 27.000; -97.383 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico
27°0′N 82°25′W / 27.000°N 82.417°W / 27.000; -82.417 (United States)	United States	Florida - Passing through Port Charlotte and Hobe Sound
27°0′N 80°5′W / 27.000°N 80.083°W / 27.000; -80.083 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
27°0′N 78°13′W / 27.000°N 78.217°W / 27.000; -78.217 (Bahamas)	Bahamas	Great Sale Cay
27°0′N 78°12′W / 27.000°N 78.200°W / 27.000; -78.200 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing between the Fish Cays and the Pensacola Cays, Bahamas
27°0′N 13°27′W / 27.000°N 13.450°W / 27.000; -13.450 (Western Sahara)	Western Sahara	Claimed by Morocco
27°0′N 8°40′W / 27.000°N 8.667°W / 27.000; -8.667 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
27°0′N 8°9′W / 27.000°N 8.150°W / 27.000; -8.150 (Algeria)	Algeria

References

^ "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

[1] "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

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