62nd parallel north

The 62nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 62 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

Line across the Earth
62°
62nd parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 19 hours, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 5 hours, 9 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 62° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
62°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°0′E  Norway Island of Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane
62°0′N 5°9′E Atlantic Ocean Sildegapet, Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°16′E  Norway Island of Barmøya, Sogn og Fjordane
62°0′N 5°18′E Atlantic Ocean Barmsundet, Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°20′E  Norway Mainland Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Hedmark
62°0′N 12°13′E  Sweden
62°0′N 17°27′E Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
62°0′N 21°17′E  Finland
62°0′N 30°23′E  Russia Passing through Lake Onega
62°0′N 163°8′E Pacific Ocean Penzhin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
62°0′N 164°6′E  Russia
62°0′N 175°11′E Pacific Ocean Bering Sea
62°0′N 165°46′W  United States Alaska
62°0′N 141°0′W  Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake
Nunavut
62°0′N 93°8′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay
Passing just south of Coats Island, Nunavut,  Canada
62°0′N 80°16′W  Canada Nunavut - Mansel Island
62°0′N 79°24′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay
62°0′N 78°10′W  Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
62°0′N 72°34′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait
62°0′N 72°17′W  Canada Nunavut - Smooth Island
62°0′N 72°15′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait
62°0′N 66°44′W  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
62°0′N 66°6′W Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
Passing just north of Edgell Island, Nunavut,  Canada
62°0′N 49°43′W  Greenland
62°0′N 42°7′W Atlantic Ocean
62°0′N 7°0′W  Faroe Islands Islands of Koltur, Streymoy and Nólsoy
62°0′N 6°38′W Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea

See also

References
  1. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". Archived from the original on October 12, 2019.
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