From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
The following table lists the regions of the Earth at various latitudes:
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| Latitude |
Locations |
| 90° N |
North pole |
| 75° N |
Arctic ocean; northern Siberia, Russia; northern Canada; Greenland |
| 60° N |
Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada |
| 45° N |
France; northern Italy; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Belgrade, Serbia; Romania; the Black sea; Ukraine; the Caspian sea; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; China; Mongolia; Hokkaidō, Japan; Oregon, Lake Michigan, and Vermont and extreme northern New York in the United States; Ontario, Canada |
| 30° N |
Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Giza, Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Iraq; Kuwait; the Persian Gulf; Iran; Afghanistan; Pakistan; India; Nepal; southern China; southern Japan; northern Mexico; Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States |
| 15° N |
Senegal; Mauritania; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Chad; Sudan; Eritrea; the Red sea; Yemen; India; Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Philippines; Northern Mariana Islands; southern Mexico; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Cape Verde |
| 0° |
São Tomé and Príncipe; Gabon; Republic of the Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Uganda; Lake Victoria; Kenya; Somalia; Indonesia; Galápagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador; Colombia; Brazil |
| 15° S |
Angola; Zambia; Mozambique; Malawi; Madagascar; northern Australia; Vanuatu; French Polynesia; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil |
| 30° S |
South Africa; Lesotho; southern Australia; Chile; Argentina; southern Brazil |
| 45° S |
New Zealand; Chile; Argentina |
| 60° S |
entirely ocean (slightly north of the South Orkney Islands); sometimes considered the northern boundary of the Southern ocean |
| 75° S |
Dome C, Antarctica |
| 90° S |
South pole |
See also
