# 66th parallel south

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The 66th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 61 km north of the Antarctic Circle. It crosses the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which midnight sun can last all night near the summer solstice.
At this latitude the sun rises on December 13 and does not set again until December 30.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° south passes through:
    Coordinates Continent or ocean Notes 66°0′S 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 0.000°E﻿ / -66.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Southern Ocean South of the Atlantic Ocean 66°0′S 20°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 20.000°E﻿ / -66.000; 20.000﻿ (Southern Ocean / South of the Indian Ocean) South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 52°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 52.000°E﻿ / -66.000; 52.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Enderby Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 55°45′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 55.750°E﻿ / -66.000; 55.750﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 81°36′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 81.600°E﻿ / -66.000; 81.600﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Princess Elizabeth Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 82°32′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 82.533°E﻿ / -66.000; 82.533﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 87°45′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 87.750°E﻿ / -66.000; 87.750﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilhelm II Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 88°1′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 88.017°E﻿ / -66.000; 88.017﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean, passing just south of Drygalski Island 66°0′S 95°30′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 95.500°E﻿ / -66.000; 95.500﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Queen Mary Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 104°8′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 104.133°E﻿ / -66.000; 104.133﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 111°8′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 111.133°E﻿ / -66.000; 111.133﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilkes Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 113°52′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 113.867°E﻿ / -66.000; 113.867﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 121°18′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 121.300°E﻿ / -66.000; 121.300﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilkes Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 121°44′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 121.733°E﻿ / -66.000; 121.733﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 129°29′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 129.483°E﻿ / -66.000; 129.483﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilkes Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 130°5′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 130.083°E﻿ / -66.000; 130.083﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 66°0′S 134°32′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 134.533°E﻿ / -66.000; 134.533﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilkes Land, territory claimed by Australia 66°0′S 135°21′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 135.350°E﻿ / -66.000; 135.350﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Indian Ocean 62°0′S 147°0′E﻿ / ﻿62.000°S 147.000°E﻿ / -62.000; 147.000﻿ (Southern Ocean / South of the Pacific Ocean) South of the Pacific Ocean 66°0′S 65°21′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 65.350°W﻿ / -66.000; -65.350﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula, claimed by Argentina, Chile and United Kingdom 66°0′S 60°18′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 60.300°W﻿ / -66.000; -60.300﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean South of the Atlantic Ocean