21st parallel north

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21°
21st parallel north

The 21st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 21 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 25 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 51 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 21° 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.  Algeria
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.  Libya
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.  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 Gujarat - Kathiawar peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Gulf of Khambhat
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Gujarat
Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh
Orissa
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.  Bangladesh
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.  Laos
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Vietnam Mainland and some islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Gulf of Tonkin - passing just south of Weizhou Island, Guangxi,  People's Republic of China
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Guangdong (Leizhou Peninsula and Donghai Island)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing just south of Mavudis island,  Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing between Molokai and Lanai islands, Hawaii,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Island of Maui, Hawaii
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific 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. Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mexico Yucatán Peninsula
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.  Cuba Doce Leguas Cays
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.  Cuba
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bahamas Great Inagua island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing to the south of the southernmost cays of the  Turks and Caicos Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco - Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania Ras Nouadhibou peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali

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