# 68th parallel north

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The 68th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 68 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.
At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about May 26th to July 16th, and civil polar twilight from about December 9th to January 3rd. At noon on the summer and winter solstices, the altitude of the sun is 45.45° and -0.7° respectively. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 1.76°.
This latitude is the boundary between the Southern and Arctic zones of Canada's National Topographic System, at which the longitude span of each map sheet doubles as one crosses this latitude going north.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 68° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 68°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 68.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 68°0′N 13°0′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 13.000°E﻿ / 68.000; 13.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Moskenesøya, Lofoten, Nordland 68°0′N 13°17′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 13.283°E﻿ / 68.000; 13.283﻿ (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea 68°0′N 15°4′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 15.067°E﻿ / 68.000; 15.067﻿ (Norway)  Norway Engeløya, Nordland 68°0′N 15°7′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 15.117°E﻿ / 68.000; 15.117﻿ (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Skagstadsundet, Norwegian Sea 68°0′N 15°4′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 15.067°E﻿ / 68.000; 15.067﻿ (Norway)  Norway Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland 68°0′N 13°17′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 13.283°E﻿ / 68.000; 13.283﻿ (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea 68°0′N 15°4′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 15.067°E﻿ / 68.000; 15.067﻿ (Norway)  Norway Engeløya, Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland 68°0′N 13°17′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 13.283°E﻿ / 68.000; 13.283﻿ (Vestfjord) Atlantic Ocean Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea 68°0′N 15°6′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 15.100°E﻿ / 68.000; 15.100﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands of Engeløya, Lundøya and Finnøya, and the mainland Nordland 68°0′N 17°1′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 17.017°E﻿ / 68.000; 17.017﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Norrbotten County (Lapland province) 68°0′N 17°48′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 17.800°E﻿ / 68.000; 17.800﻿ (Norway)  Norway Nordland, for about 5,8 km 68°0′N 17°56′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 17.933°E﻿ / 68.000; 17.933﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Norrbotten County (Lapland and Norrbotten provinces) 68°0′N 23°33′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 23.550°E﻿ / 68.000; 23.550﻿ (Finland)  Finland Lapland 68°0′N 29°25′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 29.417°E﻿ / 68.000; 29.417﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast 68°0′N 39°58′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 39.967°E﻿ / 68.000; 39.967﻿ (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea 68°0′N 44°14′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 44.233°E﻿ / 68.000; 44.233﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kanin Peninsula, Nenets Autonomous Okrug 68°0′N 46°33′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 46.550°E﻿ / 68.000; 46.550﻿ (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Barents Sea 68°0′N 49°43′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 49.717°E﻿ / 68.000; 49.717﻿ (Russia)  Russia Nenets Autonomous Okrug Komi Republic Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 68°0′N 73°6′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 73.100°E﻿ / 68.000; 73.100﻿ (Gulf of Ob) Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea 68°0′N 74°48′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 74.800°E﻿ / 68.000; 74.800﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 68°0′N 77°12′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 77.200°E﻿ / 68.000; 77.200﻿ (Taz Estuary) Arctic Ocean Taz Estuary, Kara Sea 68°0′N 77°30′E﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 77.500°E﻿ / 68.000; 77.500﻿ (Russia)  Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Krasnoyarsk Krai Yakutia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 68°0′N 176°31′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 176.517°W﻿ / 68.000; -176.517﻿ (Chukchi Sea) Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea 68°0′N 165°15′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 165.250°W﻿ / 68.000; -165.250﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 68°0′N 141°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 141.000°W﻿ / 68.000; -141.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut 68°0′N 115°7′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 115.117°W﻿ / 68.000; -115.117﻿ (Coronation Gulf) Arctic Ocean Coronation Gulf Passing just north of the Couper, Berens and Lawford Islands Passing just north of Hepburn Island Passing just south of the Jameson Islands 68°0′N 110°9′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 110.150°W﻿ / 68.000; -110.150﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut 68°0′N 110°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 110.000°W﻿ / 68.000; -110.000﻿ (Bathurst Inlet) Arctic Ocean Bathurst Inlet 68°0′N 109°26′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 109.433°W﻿ / 68.000; -109.433﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Chapman Islands 68°0′N 109°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 109.000°W﻿ / 68.000; -109.000﻿ (Bathurst Inlet) Arctic Ocean Bathurst Inlet Passing just north of Lewes Island Fishers Island 68°0′N 107°53′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 107.883°W﻿ / 68.000; -107.883﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut 68°0′N 103°17′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 103.283°W﻿ / 68.000; -103.283﻿ (Queen Maud Gulf) Arctic Ocean Queen Maud Gulf 68°0′N 98°59′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 98.983°W﻿ / 68.000; -98.983﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - O'Reilly Island, Klutschak Peninsula and Adelaide Peninsula 68°0′N 96°6′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 96.100°W﻿ / 68.000; -96.100﻿ (Chantrey Inlet) Arctic Ocean Chantrey Inlet 68°0′N 95°25′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 95.417°W﻿ / 68.000; -95.417﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut 68°0′N 88°20′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 88.333°W﻿ / 68.000; -88.333﻿ (Committee Bay) Arctic Ocean Committee Bay 68°0′N 86°48′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 86.800°W﻿ / 68.000; -86.800﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Wales Island and Melville Peninsula 68°0′N 82°9′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 82.150°W﻿ / 68.000; -82.150﻿ (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin 68°0′N 77°2′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 77.033°W﻿ / 68.000; -77.033﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince Charles Island, Air Force Island and Baffin Island 68°0′N 64°46′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 64.767°W﻿ / 68.000; -64.767﻿ (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait 68°0′N 50°20′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 50.333°W﻿ / 68.000; -50.333﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Avannaata Sermersooq 68°0′N 31°49′W﻿ / ﻿68.000°N 31.817°W﻿ / 68.000; -31.817﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea