63rd parallel north

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63rd parallel north

The 63rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 63 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 20 hours, 19 minutes during the summer solstice and 4 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice. If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 63º26' or smaller, it is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of September.

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 63° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or ocean	Notes
63°0′N 0°0′E / 63.000°N 0.000°E / 63.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 7°11′E / 63.000°N 7.183°E / 63.000; 7.183 (Norway)	Norway	Skerries of, and Møre og Romsdal proper
63°0′N 7°18′E / 63.000°N 7.300°E / 63.000; 7.300 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Lauvøyfjorden, Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 7°23′E / 63.000°N 7.383°E / 63.000; 7.383 (Norway)	Norway	Averøy, Møre og Romsdal
63°0′N 7°43′E / 63.000°N 7.717°E / 63.000; 7.717 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Kvernesfjorden, Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 7°53′E / 63.000°N 7.883°E / 63.000; 7.883 (Norway)	Norway	Aspøya, Møre og Romsdal
63°0′N 7°57′E / 63.000°N 7.950°E / 63.000; 7.950 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Tingvollfjorden, Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 8°3′E / 63.000°N 8.050°E / 63.000; 8.050 (Norway)	Norway	Tingvoll, Møre og Romsdal proper
63°0′N 8°15′E / 63.000°N 8.250°E / 63.000; 8.250 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Trongfjorden, Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 8°20′E / 63.000°N 8.333°E / 63.000; 8.333 (Norway)	Norway	Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal
63°0′N 8°30′E / 63.000°N 8.500°E / 63.000; 8.500 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Hamnesfjorden, Norwegian Sea
63°0′N 8°32′E / 63.000°N 8.533°E / 63.000; 8.533 (Norway)	Norway	Møre og Romsdal, Trøndelag
63°0′N 12°12′E / 63.000°N 12.200°E / 63.000; 12.200 (Sweden)	Sweden	Mainland and Ulvön Island
63°0′N 18°39′E / 63.000°N 18.650°E / 63.000; 18.650 (Baltic Sea)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
63°0′N 21°7′E / 63.000°N 21.117°E / 63.000; 21.117 (Finland)	Finland
63°0′N 31°30′E / 63.000°N 31.500°E / 63.000; 31.500 (Russia)	Russia
63°0′N 179°15′E / 63.000°N 179.250°E / 63.000; 179.250 (Bering Sea)	Pacific Ocean	Bering Sea
63°0′N 169°46′W / 63.000°N 169.767°W / 63.000; -169.767 (United States)	United States	Alaska - St. Lawrence Island
63°0′N 169°33′W / 63.000°N 169.550°W / 63.000; -169.550 (Bering Sea)	Pacific Ocean	Bering Sea
63°0′N 164°43′W / 63.000°N 164.717°W / 63.000; -164.717 (United States)	United States	Alaska
63°0′N 141°0′W / 63.000°N 141.000°W / 63.000; -141.000 (Canada)	Canada	Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
63°0′N 90°42′W / 63.000°N 90.700°W / 63.000; -90.700 (Hudson Bay)	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Bay Passing just south of Southampton Island, Nunavut,  Canada
63°0′N 84°55′W / 63.000°N 84.917°W / 63.000; -84.917 (Fisher Strait)		Fisher Strait, Hudson Bay
63°0′N 82°43′W / 63.000°N 82.717°W / 63.000; -82.717 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Bencas Island
63°0′N 82°41′W / 63.000°N 82.683°W / 63.000; -82.683 (Evans Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Evans Strait, Hudson Bay Passing just north of Coats Island, Nunavut,  Canada
63°0′N 81°50′W / 63.000°N 81.833°W / 63.000; -81.833 (Hudson Bay)		Hudson Bay
63°0′N 78°30′W / 63.000°N 78.500°W / 63.000; -78.500 (Hudson Strait)		Hudson Strait Passing just south of Nottingham Island, Nunavut,  Canada
63°0′N 71°12′W / 63.000°N 71.200°W / 63.000; -71.200 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island
63°0′N 67°28′W / 63.000°N 67.467°W / 63.000; -67.467 (Frobisher Bay)	Arctic Ocean	Frobisher Bay, Davis Strait
63°0′N 66°54′W / 63.000°N 66.900°W / 63.000; -66.900 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Chase Island and Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island
63°0′N 64°45′W / 63.000°N 64.750°W / 63.000; -64.750 (Davis Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Davis Strait
63°0′N 50°30′W / 63.000°N 50.500°W / 63.000; -50.500 (Greenland)	Greenland
63°0′N 41°28′W / 63.000°N 41.467°W / 63.000; -41.467 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing 32 km south of Surtsey,  Iceland

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