# 60th parallel north

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The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Although it lies approximately twice as far away from the Equator as from the North Pole, the 60th parallel is half as long as the Equator line, due to the cosine of 60 degrees being 0.5. This is where the Earth bulges halfway as much as on the Equator.
At this latitude, the Sun is visible for 18 hours, 52 minutes during the June solstice and 5 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice. The maximum altitude of the Sun is 53.44° on 21 June and 6.56° on 21 December. The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 15.00º in October and > 8.00º in November.
The lowest latitude where white nights can be observed is approximately on this parallel.
During the summer solstice, nighttime does not get beyond nautical twilight, a condition which lasts throughout the month of June. It is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day between August 22 and April 21.

## Around the world

Malachy Tallack wrote a book, Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home, about his travels along the general line of the parallel, starting and finishing at Shetland.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 60° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 60°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 60.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean North Sea 60°0′N 5°3′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.050°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.050﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands of Stolmen and Selbjørn, Hordaland 60°0′N 5°12′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.200°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.200﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Bekkjarviksundet, Selbjørnsfjorden, North Sea 60°0′N 5°15′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.250°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.250﻿ (Norway)  Norway Island of Huftarøy, Hordaland 60°0′N 5°17′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.283°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.283﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Langenuen, North Sea 60°0′N 5°22′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.367°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.367﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands of Reksteren, Tysnesøy and the mainland Hordaland 60°0′N 5°52′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.867°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.867﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Hardangerfjorden, North Sea 60°0′N 5°59′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 5.983°E﻿ / 60.000; 5.983﻿ (Norway)  Norway Mainland: Folgefonna glacier, Telemark, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo, Hedmark, Østfold Passing just north of the capital Oslo 60°0′N 12°23′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 12.383°E﻿ / 60.000; 12.383﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Passing through Fagersta Passing just north of Uppsala 60°0′N 18°53′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 18.883°E﻿ / 60.000; 18.883﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea 60°0′N 20°8′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 20.133°E﻿ / 60.000; 20.133﻿ (Åland Islands)  Finland Högskär, Bäckö and several smaller islands, Åland Islands 60°0′N 20°58′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 20.967°E﻿ / 60.000; 20.967﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea 60°0′N 23°30′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 23.500°E﻿ / 60.000; 23.500﻿ (Finland)  Finland Passing through Ekenäs 60°0′N 23°58′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 23.967°E﻿ / 60.000; 23.967﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea 60°0′N 24°26′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 24.433°E﻿ / 60.000; 24.433﻿ (Finland)  Finland Porkkala peninsula 60°0′N 24°30′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 24.500°E﻿ / 60.000; 24.500﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland Passing just south of Helsinki, Finland and the island of Gogland, Russia 60°0′N 27°48′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 27.800°E﻿ / 60.000; 27.800﻿ (Russia)  Russia Moshchny Island 60°0′N 27°54′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 27.900°E﻿ / 60.000; 27.900﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea 60°0′N 29°44′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 29.733°E﻿ / 60.000; 29.733﻿ (Russia)  Russia Island of Kotlin (city of Kronstadt) 60°0′N 29°47′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 29.783°E﻿ / 60.000; 29.783﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea 60°0′N 30°5′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 30.083°E﻿ / 60.000; 30.083﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing through Saint Petersburg, Lake Ladoga 60°0′N 154°30′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 154.500°E﻿ / 60.000; 154.500﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Pacific Ocean Shelikhov Gulf, Sea of Okhotsk 60°0′N 161°28′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 161.467°E﻿ / 60.000; 161.467﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 60°0′N 165°14′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 165.233°E﻿ / 60.000; 165.233﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Bering Sea 60°0′N 166°10′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 166.167°E﻿ / 60.000; 166.167﻿ (Russia)  Russia Pylgin Range 60°0′N 166°33′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 166.550°E﻿ / 60.000; 166.550﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Olyutor Gulf, Bering Sea 60°0′N 170°9′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 170.150°E﻿ / 60.000; 170.150﻿ (Russia)  Russia Olyutor Peninsula 60°0′N 170°26′E﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 170.433°E﻿ / 60.000; 170.433﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Bering Sea 60°0′N 167°8′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 167.133°W﻿ / 60.000; -167.133﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Nunivak Island 60°0′N 165°39′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 165.650°W﻿ / 60.000; -165.650﻿ (Etolin Strait) Pacific Ocean Etolin Strait, Bering Sea 60°0′N 164°9′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 164.150°W﻿ / 60.000; -164.150﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 60°0′N 152°38′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 152.633°W﻿ / 60.000; -152.633﻿ (Cook Inlet) Pacific Ocean Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska 60°0′N 151°44′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 151.733°W﻿ / 60.000; -151.733﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Kenai Peninsula, Evans Island, Elrington Island, Latouche Island and Montague Island 60°0′N 147°24′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 147.400°W﻿ / 60.000; -147.400﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 60°0′N 144°24′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 144.400°W﻿ / 60.000; -144.400﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Wingham Island, Kayak Island and a small section of mainland 60°0′N 143°50′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 143.833°W﻿ / 60.000; -143.833﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 60°0′N 141°53′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 141.883°W﻿ / 60.000; -141.883﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 60°0′N 139°3′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 139.050°W﻿ / 60.000; -139.050﻿ (Canada)  Canada Yukon / British Columbia border Northwest Territories / British Columbia border Northwest Territories / Alberta border - passes through Wood Buffalo National Park and beside Fort Smith, NT Northwest Territories / Saskatchewan border Nunavut / Manitoba border 60°0′N 94°49′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 94.817°W﻿ / 60.000; -94.817﻿ (Hudson Bay) Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay Passing just north of the Ottawa Islands, Nunavut, Canada 60°0′N 77°17′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 77.283°W﻿ / 60.000; -77.283﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec Passing just south of Puvirnituq, Quebec 60°0′N 69°46′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 69.767°W﻿ / 60.000; -69.767﻿ (Ungava Bay) Arctic Ocean Ungava Bay Passing just south of Kangirsuk, Quebec, Canada 60°0′N 65°7′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 65.117°W﻿ / 60.000; -65.117﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador 60°0′N 64°9′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 64.150°W﻿ / 60.000; -64.150 Atlantic Ocean Border between the Davis Strait (to the north) and the Labrador Sea (to the south) 60°0′N 44°52′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 44.867°W﻿ / 60.000; -44.867﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Passing south of Narsaq; crossing mainland at Narsarmijit; going through Cape Farewell Archipelago, passing just north of Itilleq Island 60°0′N 43°9′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 43.150°W﻿ / 60.000; -43.150﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 60°0′N 1°21′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 1.350°W﻿ / 60.000; -1.350﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Islands of Mainland and Mousa, Shetland Islands, Scotland 60°0′N 1°11′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 1.183°W﻿ / 60.000; -1.183﻿ (North Sea) Atlantic Ocean North Sea

## Notable cities and towns on 60°N

* Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
* Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
* Bergen, Vestland, Norway
* Oslo, Norway
* Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
* Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
* Saint Petersburg, Russia

## Canada

In Canada, the 60th parallel forms the southern mainland boundary of the northern territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut with the western provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Accordingly, "north of 60" is an expression often used for the territories, although parts of Nunavut (the islands in Hudson Bay and James Bay) are located south of the 60th parallel, and parts of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are located north, to the east of Hudson Bay. A 1990s TV show on CBC about life in the Northwest Territories was called North of 60.
The 60th Parallel Territorial Park is on Mackenzie Highway between Alberta and Northwest Territories and it has a visitor centre there in the homeland of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and the North Slave Métis Alliance.
Canada's only four corners are located at the intersection of the 60th parallel and the 102nd meridian west, between the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

## Greenland

Between 1776 and 1950, the 60th parallel formed the southern limit of the Royal Greenland Trade Department's exclusive monopoly on trade near the Dano-Norwegian and later Danish colonies of Greenland (1776–1782) and South Greenland (1782–1950).