54th parallel south

The 54th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 54 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

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54th parallel south

At this latitude the sun is visible for 17 hours, 09 minutes during the December solstice and 7 hours, 22 minutes during the June solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 54° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
54°0′S 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean Passing north of Bouvet Island,  Norway
54°0′S 20°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just north of Macquarie Island,  Australia
54°0′S 147°0′E Pacific Ocean
54°0′S 73°9′W  Chile Santa Inés Island, Clarence Island and Aracena Island, Magallanes Region
54°0′S 71°16′W Pacific Ocean Strait of Magellan
54°0′S 70°52′W  Chile Dawson Island, Magallanes Region
54°0′S 70°20′W Pacific Ocean Canal Whiteside
54°0′S 70°5′W  Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Magallanes Region
54°0′S 68°37′W  Argentina Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego Province
54°0′S 67°24′W Atlantic Ocean
54°0′S 38°12′W  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Willis Islands, Bird Island and South Georgia (claimed by  Argentina)
54°0′S 37°23′W 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=54&lat_min=0&tz=2&tz_sign=-1
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