34th parallel south

The 34th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 34 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

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34th parallel south

At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 28 minutes during the December solstice and 9 hours, 50 minutes during the June solstice, and south of which the Crux constellation is circumpolar (figures in the sky all year round).

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 34° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
34°0′S 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean
34°0′S 18°20′E  South Africa Western Cape – passing through Cape Town (at 34°0′S 18°33′E)
34°0′S 23°30′E Indian Ocean
23°45′S 18°20′E  South Africa Eastern Cape
34°0′S 24°56′E Indian Ocean St Francis Bay
23°45′S 25°19′E  South Africa Eastern Cape – passing just south of Port Elizabeth (at 33°57′S 25°36′E)
34°0′S 25°41′E Indian Ocean
34°0′S 115°0′E  Australia Western Australia
34°0′S 119°48′E Indian Ocean
34°0′S 122°6′E  Australia Western Australia – Cape Le Grand
34°0′S 122°17′E Indian Ocean
34°0′S 123°10′E  Australia Western Australia – Cape Arid
34°0′S 123°13′E Indian Ocean Great Australian Bight
34°0′S 135°15′E  Australia South Australia – Eyre Peninsula
34°0′S 136°29′E Indian Ocean Spencer Gulf
34°0′S 137°32′E  Australia South Australia
New South Wales – from 34°0′S 141°0′E, passing just south of Sydney (at 33°51′S 151°12′E)
34°0′S 151°15′E Pacific Ocean Passing just north of the Three Kings Islands,  New Zealand (at 34°8′S 172°8′E)
Passing just south of Alejandro Selkirk Island,  Chile (at 33°49′S 80°47′W)
34°0′S 71°54′W  Chile O'Higgins Region
34°0′S 69°51′W  Argentina
34°0′S 58°22′W  Uruguay Passing through Laguna Negra (at 34°0′S 53°41′W)
34°0′S 53°31′W Atlantic Ocean

See also
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