47th parallel north

The 47th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 47 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

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47th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 31 minutes during the winter solstice.[1] This is the northern limit of the visibility of the star θ Scorpii and thus of the 'tail' of the constellation Scorpius.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 47° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
47°0′N 0°0′E  France Passing just south of Nantes, Montsoreau and Bourges
47°0′N 6°38′E   Switzerland Passing just north of Bern
47°0′N 9°53′E  Austria
47°0′N 10°23′E   Switzerland For roughly 300 meters at Grübelekopf
47°0′N 10°23′E  Austria
47°0′N 11°27′E  Italy For about 4 km
47°0′N 11°31′E  Austria For about 3 km
47°0′N 11°34′E  Italy For about 7 km
47°0′N 11°39′E  Austria For about 14 km
47°0′N 11°50′E  Italy
47°0′N 12°8′E  Austria
47°0′N 16°17′E  Hungary Passing through Lake Balaton
47°0′N 21°42′E  Romania Passing just south of Oradea and Iași
47°0′N 28°5′E  Moldova Passing through Chișinău
Passing through Transnistria
47°0′N 29°36′E  Ukraine Odessa Oblast
Mykolayiv Oblast — passing through Mykolayiv
Kherson Oblast — passing through Kakhovka Reservoir
Zaporizhia Oblast — passing just north of Melitopol
Donetsk Oblast — passing through Bilosarayska Spit
47°0′N 37°27′E Sea of Azov Taganrog Bay
47°0′N 39°1′E  Russia
47°0′N 48°47′E  Kazakhstan Just passing through the northern end of the Caspian Sea
47°0′N 82°56′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
47°0′N 83°53′E  Kazakhstan
47°0′N 84°19′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang - for about 11 km
47°0′N 84°27′E  Kazakhstan
47°0′N 85°10′E  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
47°0′N 90°44′E  Mongolia
47°0′N 119°48′E  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang
47°0′N 134°5′E  Russia
47°0′N 138°33′E Sea of Japan
47°0′N 142°1′E  Russia Sakhalin island
47°0′N 143°4′E Sea of Okhotsk
47°0′N 152°4′E  Russia Island of Simushir, Kuril Islands
47°0′N 152°10′E Pacific Ocean
47°0′N 124°10′W  United States Washington - passing through Tumwater and CWU
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
47°0′N 91°41′W Lake Superior
47°0′N 90°46′W  United States Wisconsin - Apostle Islands
47°0′N 90°25′W Lake Superior
47°0′N 88°57′W  United States Michigan - Keweenaw Peninsula
47°0′N 88°23′W Lake Superior
47°0′N 84°47′W  Canada Ontario
Quebec - passing just north of Montmagny
47°0′N 69°41′W  United States Maine
47°0′N 67°47′W  Canada New Brunswick
47°0′N 64°49′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait
47°0′N 64°4′W  Canada Prince Edward Island
47°0′N 64°0′W Gulf of Saint Lawrence
47°0′N 60°40′W  Canada Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island
47°0′N 60°25′W Cabot Strait
47°0′N 59°28′W Atlantic Ocean
47°0′N 56°22′W  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Miquelon Island
47°0′N 56°17′W Atlantic Ocean
47°0′N 55°59′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Island
47°0′N 55°12′W Placentia Bay
47°0′N 54°10′W  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Island
47°0′N 52°54′W Atlantic Ocean
47°0′N 2°17′W  France Île de Noirmoutier and mainland

See also

References
  1. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
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