61st parallel north

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.

61°

61st parallel north

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.[1]

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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or ocean	Notes
61°0′N 0°0′E	Atlantic Ocean	Defines the border between North Sea and Norwegian Sea
61°0′N 4°32′E	Norway	Islands and skerries of, and Indrevær proper, Sogn og Fjordane
61°0′N 4°37′E	Atlantic Ocean	Straumsfjorden, North Sea
61°0′N 4°39′E	Norway	Islands and skerries of, and Ytre Sula proper, Sogn og Fjordane
61°0′N 4°44′E	Atlantic Ocean	Sognesjøen, North Sea
61°0′N 4°56′E	Norway	Hiserøyna, and the mainland Sogn og Fjordane,
61°0′N 5°28′E	Atlantic Ocean	Risnefjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea
61°0′N 5°29′E	Norway	Sogn og Fjordane
61°0′N 7°2′E	Atlantic Ocean	Aurlandsfjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea
61°0′N 7°4′E	Norway	Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark
61°0′N 12°14′E	Sweden
61°0′N 17°13′E	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
61°0′N 21°17′E	Finland	Passing through Hämeenlinna,  Finland
61°0′N 28°41′E	Russia	Passing through Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and by the approximate hypocentre of the 1908 Tunguska event
61°0′N 156°5′E	Pacific Ocean	Gizhigin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
61°0′N 159°53′E	Russia
61°0′N 161°10′E	Pacific Ocean	Penzhin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
61°0′N 163°30′E	Russia	Kamchatka Peninsula
61°0′N 172°11′E	Pacific Ocean	Bering Sea
61°0′N 165°10′W	United States	Alaska
61°0′N 151°30′W	Pacific Ocean	Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska
61°0′N 150°31′W	United States	Alaska - Kenai Peninsula
61°0′N 150°19′W	Pacific Ocean	Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska
61°0′N 149°39′W	United States	Alaska passing through the southern part of Anchorage
61°0′N 141°0′W	Canada	Yukon Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake Nunavut
61°0′N 94°10′W	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Bay
61°0′N 77°59′W	Canada	Quebec - Ungava Peninsula Nunavut - Diana Island
61°0′N 69°55′W	Arctic Ocean	Diana Bay, Hudson Strait
61°0′N 69°40′W	Canada	Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
61°0′N 69°28′W	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Strait
61°0′N 64°43′W		Davis Strait
61°0′N 48°24′W	Greenland
61°0′N 42°41′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just north of Out Stack, Muckle Flugga and Unst, Shetland Islands,  Scotland,  United Kingdom

See also

• 60th parallel north
• 62nd parallel north

References

1. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". aa.usno.navy.mil. Retrieved 2016-03-23.