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64th parallel north

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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.

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.

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

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
64°0′N 0°0′E / 64.000°N 0.000°E / 64.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°5′E / 64.000°N 9.083°E / 64.000; 9.083 (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of Froan, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°11′E / 64.000°N 9.183°E / 64.000; 9.183 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Frohavet, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°49′E / 64.000°N 9.817°E / 64.000; 9.817 (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of, and Linesøya, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°55′E / 64.000°N 9.917°E / 64.000; 9.917 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Linesfjorden and Paulen, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 10°1′E / 64.000°N 10.017°E / 64.000; 10.017 (Norway)  Norway Mainland Trøndelag
64°0′N 11°11′E / 64.000°N 11.183°E / 64.000; 11.183 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Beitstadfjorden, Trondheimsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 11°28′E / 64.000°N 11.467°E / 64.000; 11.467 (Norway)  Norway Trøndelag
64°0′N 12°45′E / 64.000°N 12.750°E / 64.000; 12.750 (Sweden)  Sweden Passing just north of Umeå
64°0′N 20°55′E / 64.000°N 20.917°E / 64.000; 20.917 (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
64°0′N 23°23′E / 64.000°N 23.383°E / 64.000; 23.383 (Finland)  Finland
64°0′N 30°28′E / 64.000°N 30.467°E / 64.000; 30.467 (Russia)  Russia
64°0′N 36°15′E / 64.000°N 36.250°E / 64.000; 36.250 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
64°0′N 38°4′E / 64.000°N 38.067°E / 64.000; 38.067 (Russia)  Russia
64°0′N 178°40′E / 64.000°N 178.667°E / 64.000; 178.667 (Bering Sea) Arctic Ocean Bering Sea
64°0′N 160°54′W / 64.000°N 160.900°W / 64.000; -160.900 (United States)  United States Alaska - passing through a runway of Allen Army Airfield
64°0′N 141°0′W / 64.000°N 141.000°W / 64.000; -141.000 (Canada)  Canada Yukon - passing 6 km south of Dawson City
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
64°0′N 88°41′W / 64.000°N 88.683°W / 64.000; -88.683 (Roes Welcome Sound) Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 86°34′W / 64.000°N 86.567°W / 64.000; -86.567 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 83°40′W / 64.000°N 83.667°W / 64.000; -83.667 (South Bay) Arctic Ocean South Bay, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 83°9′W / 64.000°N 83.150°W / 64.000; -83.150 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 80°36′W / 64.000°N 80.600°W / 64.000; -80.600 (Foxe Channel) Arctic Ocean Foxe Channel
64°0′N 78°2′W / 64.000°N 78.033°W / 64.000; -78.033 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Mill Island and neighbouring islands
64°0′N 77°30′W / 64.000°N 77.500°W / 64.000; -77.500 (Hudson Strait) Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait
64°0′N 72°44′W / 64.000°N 72.733°W / 64.000; -72.733 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
64°0′N 64°40′W / 64.000°N 64.667°W / 64.000; -64.667 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
64°0′N 51°43′W / 64.000°N 51.717°W / 64.000; -51.717 (Greenland)  Greenland Sermersooq
Passing just south of Nuuk
64°0′N 40°38′W / 64.000°N 40.633°W / 64.000; -40.633 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
64°0′N 22°43′W / 64.000°N 22.717°W / 64.000; -22.717 (Iceland)  Iceland Passing just south of Reykjavík
64°0′N 16°17′W / 64.000°N 16.283°W / 64.000; -16.283 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean

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