18th parallel north

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18°
18th parallel north

The 18th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 18 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 13 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 3 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 18° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Niger
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Red Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Saudi Arabia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Yemen
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Oman
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Maharashtra
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Orissa
Andhra Pradesh
Orissa
Andhra Pradesh
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Laos
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Laos Passing just north of Vientiane
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Laos
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Vietnam
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing just south of the island of Hainan,  People's Republic of China
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Luzon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea
Passing just south of Pagan Island,  Northern Mariana Islands
into an unnamed part of the Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Belize
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Chetumal Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Belize Ambergris Caye
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Jamaica Passing though Kingston
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just south of the Tiburon Peninsula,  Haiti
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Dominican Republic
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just south of Saona Island,  Dominican Republic
Passing just south of Isla Mona,  Puerto Rico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Puerto Rico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just south of Isla de Vieques,  Puerto Rico
Passing between the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix,  United States Virgin Islands
Passing just south of  Sint Maarten
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of  Saint Barthélemy
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania Passing just south of Nouakchott
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali

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