66th parallel south

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66th parallel south

The 66th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 61 km north of the Antarctic Circle. It crosses the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

At this latitude the sun rises on December 13 and does not set again until December 30.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
66°0′S 0°0′E / 66.000°S 0.000°E / -66.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Southern Ocean South of the Atlantic Ocean
South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 51°57′E / 66.000°S 51.950°E / -66.000; 51.950 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 55°43′E / 66.000°S 55.717°E / -66.000; 55.717 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 81°36′E / 66.000°S 81.600°E / -66.000; 81.600 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 82°32′E / 66.000°S 82.533°E / -66.000; 82.533 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 87°45′E / 66.000°S 87.750°E / -66.000; 87.750 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 88°1′E / 66.000°S 88.017°E / -66.000; 88.017 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean, passing just south of Drygalski Island
66°0′S 95°30′E / 66.000°S 95.500°E / -66.000; 95.500 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 104°8′E / 66.000°S 104.133°E / -66.000; 104.133 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 111°8′E / 66.000°S 111.133°E / -66.000; 111.133 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 113°52′E / 66.000°S 113.867°E / -66.000; 113.867 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 121°18′E / 66.000°S 121.300°E / -66.000; 121.300 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 121°44′E / 66.000°S 121.733°E / -66.000; 121.733 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 129°29′E / 66.000°S 129.483°E / -66.000; 129.483 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 130°5′E / 66.000°S 130.083°E / -66.000; 130.083 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
66°0′S 134°32′E / 66.000°S 134.533°E / -66.000; 134.533 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Australia
66°0′S 135°21′E / 66.000°S 135.350°E / -66.000; 135.350 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean
South of the Pacific Ocean
66°0′S 65°21′W / 66.000°S 65.350°W / -66.000; -65.350 (Antarctica) Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula, claimed by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom
66°0′S 60°18′W / 66.000°S 60.300°W / -66.000; -60.300 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Atlantic Ocean

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/aa_durtablew.pl?form=2&year=2016&task=-1&place=&lon_sign=-1&lon_deg=90&lon_min=0&lat_sign=-1&lat_deg=66&lat_min=0&tz=2&tz_sign=-1
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