47th parallel north
The 47th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 47 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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47th parallel north
At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 31 minutes during the winter solstice.[1] This is the northern limit of the visibility of the star θ Scorpii and thus of the 'tail' of the constellation Scorpius.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 47° north passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 47°0′N 0°0′E France
Passing just south of Nantes, Montsoreau and Bourges 47°0′N 6°38′E Switzerland
Passing just north of Bern 47°0′N 9°53′E Austria
47°0′N 10°23′E Switzerland
For roughly 300 meters at Grübelekopf 47°0′N 10°23′E Austria
47°0′N 11°27′E Italy
For about 4 km 47°0′N 11°31′E Austria
For about 3 km 47°0′N 11°34′E Italy
For about 7 km 47°0′N 11°39′E Austria
For about 14 km 47°0′N 11°50′E Italy
47°0′N 12°8′E Austria
47°0′N 16°17′E Hungary
Passing through Lake Balaton 47°0′N 21°42′E Romania
Passing just south of Oradea and Iași 47°0′N 28°5′E Moldova
Passing through Chișinău
Passing through Transnistria47°0′N 29°36′E Ukraine
Odesa Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast — passing through Mykolaiv
Kherson Oblast — passing through Kakhovka Reservoir
Zaporizhzhia Oblast — passing just north of Melitopol
Donetsk Oblast — passing through Bilosarayska Spit47°0′N 37°27′E Sea of Azov Taganrog Bay 47°0′N 39°1′E Russia
47°0′N 48°47′E Kazakhstan
Just passing through the northern end of the Caspian Sea 47°0′N 82°56′E People's Republic of China
Xinjiang 47°0′N 83°53′E Kazakhstan
47°0′N 84°19′E People's Republic of China
Xinjiang - for about 11 km 47°0′N 84°27′E Kazakhstan
47°0′N 85°10′E People's Republic of China
Xinjiang 47°0′N 90°44′E Mongolia
47°0′N 119°48′E People's Republic of China
Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang47°0′N 134°5′E Russia
47°0′N 138°33′E Sea of Japan 47°0′N 142°1′E Russia
Sakhalin island 47°0′N 143°4′E Sea of Okhotsk 47°0′N 152°4′E Russia
Island of Simushir, Kuril Islands 47°0′N 152°10′E Pacific Ocean 47°0′N 120°5′W United States
Washington - Ellensburg 47°0′N 96°49′W Red River of the North North Dakota - crosses state line with Minnesota
on the Red River of the North near Fargo47°0′N 92°0′W United States
Minnesota - intersects 92nd Meridian W near Duluth 47°0′N 91°41′W Lake Superior Minnesota - crosses over North Shore of
Lake Superior at Two Harbors47°0′N 90°46′W United States
Wisconsin - Apostle Islands 47°0′N 90°25′W Lake Superior 47°0′N 88°57′W United States
Michigan - Keweenaw Peninsula 47°0′N 88°23′W Lake Superior 47°0′N 84°47′W Canada
Ontario
Quebec - passing just north of Montmagny47°0′N 69°41′W United States
Maine 47°0′N 67°47′W Canada
New Brunswick 47°0′N 64°49′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait 47°0′N 64°4′W Canada
Prince Edward Island 47°0′N 64°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence 47°0′N 60°40′W Canada
Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island 47°0′N 60°25′W Cabot Strait 47°0′N 59°28′W Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 56°22′W Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Miquelon Island 47°0′N 56°17′W Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 55°59′W Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador - Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Island 47°0′N 55°12′W Placentia Bay 47°0′N 54°10′W Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador - Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Island 47°0′N 52°54′W Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 2°17′W France
Belle-Île-en-Mer and Île de Noirmoutier and mainland
See also
References
- "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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