The following table lists the regions of the Earth at various latitudes:
Latitude | Locations |
90° N | North Pole |
75° N | Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland |
60° N | Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland) |
45° N | France; northern Italy; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Belgrade, Serbia; Romania; the Black Sea; Ukraine; Russia; the Caspian Sea; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; China; Mongolia; Hokkaidō, Japan; United States; Ontario, Canada |
30° N | Palestine; Morocco; Algeria; Israel; Libya; Giza, Egypt; Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Iraq; Kuwait; the Persian Gulf; Iran; Afghanistan; Pakistan; northern India; Nepal; southern China; southern Japan; northern Mexico; United States |
15° N | Senegal; Mauritania; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Chad; Sudan; Eritrea; Yemen; southern India; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Philippines; Northern Mariana Islands; southern Mexico; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Cape Verde |
0° | São Tomé and Príncipe; Gabon; Republic of the Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Uganda; Lake Victoria; Kenya; Somalia; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia; Galápagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador; Colombia; Brazil |
15° S | Angola; Zambia; Mozambique; Malawi; Madagascar; northern Australia; Vanuatu; French Polynesia; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil |
30° S | South Africa; Lesotho; southern Australia; Chile; Argentina; Southern Brazil |
45° S | New Zealand; Chile; Argentina |
60° S | Entirely ocean (slightly north of the South Orkney Islands); sometimes considered the northern boundary of the Southern Ocean |
75° S | Dome C, Antarctica |
90° S | South Pole |