# 61st parallel north

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The 61st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 61 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 19 hours, 16 minutes during the summer solstice and 5 hours, 32 minutes during the winter solstice.
This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which civil twilight can last all night near the summer solstice.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 61° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 61°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 61.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Defines the border between North Sea and Norwegian Sea 61°0′N 4°32′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 4.533°E﻿ / 61.000; 4.533﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of, and Indrevær proper, Sogn og Fjordane 61°0′N 4°37′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 4.617°E﻿ / 61.000; 4.617﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Straumsfjorden, North Sea 61°0′N 4°39′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 4.650°E﻿ / 61.000; 4.650﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of, and Ytre Sula proper, Sogn og Fjordane 61°0′N 4°44′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 4.733°E﻿ / 61.000; 4.733﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Sognesjøen, North Sea 61°0′N 4°56′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 4.933°E﻿ / 61.000; 4.933﻿ (Norway)  Norway Hiserøyna, and the mainland Sogn og Fjordane, 61°0′N 5°28′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 5.467°E﻿ / 61.000; 5.467﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Risnefjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea 61°0′N 5°29′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 5.483°E﻿ / 61.000; 5.483﻿ (Norway)  Norway Sogn og Fjordane 61°0′N 7°2′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 7.033°E﻿ / 61.000; 7.033﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Aurlandsfjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea 61°0′N 7°4′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 7.067°E﻿ / 61.000; 7.067﻿ (Norway)  Norway Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark 61°0′N 12°14′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 12.233°E﻿ / 61.000; 12.233﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden 61°0′N 17°13′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 17.217°E﻿ / 61.000; 17.217﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea 61°0′N 21°17′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 21.283°E﻿ / 61.000; 21.283﻿ (Finland)  Finland Passing through Hämeenlinna, Finland 61°0′N 28°41′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 28.683°E﻿ / 61.000; 28.683﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing through Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and by the approximate hypocentre of the 1908 Tunguska event 61°0′N 156°5′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 156.083°E﻿ / 61.000; 156.083﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Pacific Ocean Gizhigin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk 61°0′N 159°53′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 159.883°E﻿ / 61.000; 159.883﻿ (Russia)  Russia 61°0′N 161°10′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 161.167°E﻿ / 61.000; 161.167﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Pacific Ocean Penzhin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk 61°0′N 163°30′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 163.500°E﻿ / 61.000; 163.500﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 61°0′N 172°11′E﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 172.183°E﻿ / 61.000; 172.183﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Bering Sea 61°0′N 165°10′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 165.167°W﻿ / 61.000; -165.167﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 61°0′N 151°30′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 151.500°W﻿ / 61.000; -151.500﻿ (Cook Inlet) Pacific Ocean Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska 61°0′N 150°31′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 150.517°W﻿ / 61.000; -150.517﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Kenai Peninsula 61°0′N 150°19′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 150.317°W﻿ / 61.000; -150.317﻿ (Cook Inlet) Pacific Ocean Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska 61°0′N 149°39′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 149.650°W﻿ / 61.000; -149.650﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska passing through the southern part of Anchorage 61°0′N 141°0′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 141.000°W﻿ / 61.000; -141.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Yukon Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake Nunavut 61°0′N 94°10′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 94.167°W﻿ / 61.000; -94.167﻿ (Hudson Bay) Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay 61°0′N 77°59′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 77.983°W﻿ / 61.000; -77.983﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula Nunavut - Diana Island 61°0′N 69°55′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 69.917°W﻿ / 61.000; -69.917﻿ (Diana Bay) Arctic Ocean Diana Bay, Hudson Strait 61°0′N 69°40′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 69.667°W﻿ / 61.000; -69.667﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula 61°0′N 69°28′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 69.467°W﻿ / 61.000; -69.467﻿ (Hudson Strait) Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait 61°0′N 64°43′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 64.717°W﻿ / 61.000; -64.717﻿ (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 61°0′N 0°24′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 0.400°W﻿ / 61.000; -0.400﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland 61°0′N 0°41′W﻿ / ﻿61.000°N 0.683°W﻿ / 61.000; -0.683﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) United Kingdom Passing just north of Out Stack, Muckle Flugga and Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom