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The following table lists the regions of the Earth at various
latitudes:
Latitude
|
Locations
|
90° N
|
North Pole
|
75° N
|
Arctic Ocean;
Russia;
northern Canada;
Greenland
|
60° N
|
Oslo,
Norway;
Helsinki,
Finland;
Stockholm,
Sweden; major parts of
Nordic countries in EU;
St. Petersburg,
Russia; southern Alaska
United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK
|
45° N
|
Spain;
Portugal;
France; northern
Italy;
Croatia;
Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Belgrade,
Serbia;
Romania; the
Black Sea;
Ukraine;
Russia; the
Caspian Sea;
Kazakhstan;
Uzbekistan;
China;
Mongolia;
Hokkaidō,
Japan;
United States;
Ontario,
Canada
|
30° N
|
Palestine;
Morocco;
Algeria;
Israel;
Libya;
Giza,
Egypt;
Jordan;
Saudi Arabia;
Iraq;
Kuwait; the
Persian Gulf;
Iran;
Afghanistan;
Pakistan; northern
India;
Nepal;
southern China;
southern Japan; northern
Mexico;
United States
|
15° N
|
Senegal;
Mauritania;
Mali;
Burkina Faso;
Niger;
Chad;
Sudan;
Eritrea;
Yemen; southern
India;
Myanmar;
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;
Malaysia;
Singapore;
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