7th parallel north

The 7th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 7 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.

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7th parallel north

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 7° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
7°0′N 0°0′E  Ghana Passing through Lake Volta
7°0′N 0°33′E  Togo
7°0′N 1°38′E  Benin
7°0′N 2°44′E  Nigeria
7°0′N 10°7′E  Cameroon For about 6 km
7°0′N 10°10′E  Nigeria
7°0′N 10°33′E  Cameroon For about 17 km
7°0′N 10°42′E  Nigeria
7°0′N 11°40′E  Cameroon
7°0′N 15°9′E  Central African Republic
7°0′N 26°3′E  South Sudan
7°0′N 34°16′E  Ethiopia
7°0′N 47°1′E  Somalia
7°0′N 49°22′E Indian Ocean
7°0′N 72°52′E  Maldives Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll
7°0′N 72°58′E Indian Ocean Laccadive Sea - passing just north of the island of Kelaa,  Maldives
7°0′N 79°52′E  Sri Lanka Passing just north of Colombo
7°0′N 81°52′E Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
7°0′N 93°42′E  India Andaman and Nicobar Islands - island of Great Nicobar
7°0′N 93°57′E Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
7°0′N 99°40′E  Thailand Passing just south of Hat Yai
7°0′N 100°45′E Gulf of Thailand
7°0′N 103°2′E South China Sea
7°0′N 116°43′E  Malaysia Sabah, island of Borneo - for about 6 km
7°0′N 116°47′E South China Sea Marudu Bay
7°0′N 117°7′E  Malaysia Sabah, island of Borneo - for about 3 km
7°0′N 117°9′E Sulu Sea Passing just south of Malawali Island,  Malaysia
7°0′N 118°25′E  Philippines Island of Cagayan de Sulu
7°0′N 118°31′E Sulu Sea
7°0′N 121°55′E  Philippines Island of Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)
7°0′N 122°11′E Celebes Sea Moro Gulf - passing just north of Sacol Island,  Philippines
7°0′N 123°59′E  Philippines Island of Mindanao
7°0′N 125°30′E Davao Gulf
7°0′N 125°43′E  Philippines Island of Samal
7°0′N 125°47′E Davao Gulf
7°0′N 125°59′E  Philippines Island of Mindanao
7°0′N 126°27′E Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea
7°0′N 134°14′E  Palau Island of Peleliu
7°0′N 134°16′E Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Truk Lagoon,  Federated States of Micronesia
7°0′N 158°14′E  Federated States of Micronesia Parempei island (just to the north of Pohnpei island)
7°0′N 158°15′E Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Ailinglaplap Atoll,  Marshall Islands
Passing just south of Majuro atoll,  Federated States of Micronesia
7°0′N 171°35′E  Marshall Islands Arno Atoll
7°0′N 171°45′E Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Jicarón island, and the Azuero Peninsula,  Panama
7°0′N 77°40′W  Colombia
7°0′N 71°1′W  Venezuela For about 18 km
7°0′N 70°57′W  Colombia
7°0′N 70°26′W  Venezuela
7°0′N 60°21′W Disputed area Controlled by  Guyana, claimed by  Venezuela
7°0′N 58°27′W  Guyana Island of Wakenaam
7°0′N 58°23′W Atlantic Ocean
7°0′N 11°37′W  Sierra Leone
7°0′N 11°27′W  Liberia
7°0′N 8°17′W  Ivory Coast
7°0′N 3°7′W  Ghana
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