The 62nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 62 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 62° north passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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Atlantic Ocean | Norwegian Sea | |
Norway | Islands of Vågsøy and Barmøya, and the mainland | |
Sweden | ||
Baltic Sea | Gulf of Bothnia | |
Finland | ||
Russia | Passing through Lake Onega | |
Sea of Okhotsk | Penzhin Bay | |
Russia | ||
Bering Sea | ||
United States | Alaska | |
Canada | Yukon Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake Nunavut |
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Hudson Bay | Passing just south of Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada | |
Canada | Nunavut - Mansel Island | |
Hudson Bay | ||
Canada | Quebec - Ungava Peninsula | |
Hudson Strait | ||
Canada | Nunavut - Smooth Island | |
Hudson Strait | ||
Canada | Nunavut - Baffin Island | |
Davis Strait | Passing just north of Edgell Island, Nunavut, Canada | |
Greenland | ||
Atlantic Ocean | ||
Faroe Islands | Islands of Koltur, Streymoy and Nólsoy | |
Atlantic Ocean | Norwegian Sea |
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