27th parallel north

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27th parallel north

The 27th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 51 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
 Algeria
 Libya
 Egypt
Red Sea
 Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf Passing just north of Lavan Island,  Iran
 Iran
Persian Gulf Passing just north of Qeshm island,  Iran
Passing just south of Hormuz Island,  Iran
 Iran
 Pakistan Balochistan
Sindh
 India Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
 Nepal
 India West Bengal
 Bhutan
 India Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by  People's Republic of China
Assam
Arunachal Pradesh
 Myanmar (Burma)
 People's Republic of China Yunnan
Sichuan
Yunnan
Guizhou
Hunan (for about 4 km)
Guizhou
Hunan
Jiangxi
Fujian
East China Sea
 Japan Iheya island
Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Okinawa Island,  Japan
Passing just south of Yoronjima,  Japan
Passing just south of Chichi-jima,  Japan
 Mexico Baja California peninsula
Gulf of California
 Mexico Passing just south of Navojoa, Sonora
 United States Texas - mainland and Padre Island
Gulf of Mexico
 United States Florida
Atlantic Ocean
 Bahamas Great Sale Cay
Atlantic Ocean Passing between the Fish Cays and the Pensacola Cays,  Bahamas
Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
 Mauritania
 Algeria

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