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<h2 id="around-the-world">Around the world</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Malachy_Tallack/ByJHsd7L">Malachy Tallack</a> wrote a book, <i>Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home</i>, about his travels along the general line of the parallel, starting and finishing at <a href="/facts/Shetland/8YfMHIlV">Shetland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Starting at the <a href="/facts/Prime_Meridian/d8KLy9r2">Prime Meridian</a> and heading eastwards, the parallel 60° north passes through: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Coordinates</th><th scope="col">Country, territory or ocean</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_0_0_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian">60°0′N 0°0′E / 60.000°N 0.000°E / 60.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_3_E_type:country&title=Norway">60°0′N 5°3′E / 60.000°N 5.050°E / 60.000; 5.050 (Norway)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></th><td>Islands of <a href="/facts/Stolmen/Nax0uXef">Stolmen</a> and <a href="/facts/Selbj%25C3%25B8rn/cmebH48o">Selbjørn</a>, <a href="/facts/Hordaland/H4GNa1m7">Hordaland</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_12_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian">60°0′N 5°12′E / 60.000°N 5.200°E / 60.000; 5.200 (Prime Meridian)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td>Bekkjarviksundet, <a href="/facts/Selbj%25C3%25B8rnsfjorden/eIvGFb7N">Selbjørnsfjorden</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_15_E_type:country&title=Norway">60°0′N 5°15′E / 60.000°N 5.250°E / 60.000; 5.250 (Norway)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></th><td>Island of <a href="/facts/Huftar%25C3%25B8y/cfKylX19">Huftarøy</a>, <a href="/facts/Hordaland/H4GNa1m7">Hordaland</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_17_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian">60°0′N 5°17′E / 60.000°N 5.283°E / 60.000; 5.283 (Prime Meridian)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Langenuen/BJS625DJ">Langenuen</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_22_E_type:country&title=Norway">60°0′N 5°22′E / 60.000°N 5.367°E / 60.000; 5.367 (Norway)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></th><td>Islands of <a href="/facts/Reksteren/YvS0Meov">Reksteren</a>, <a href="/facts/Tysnes%25C3%25B8y/r2csRMor">Tysnesøy</a> and the mainland <a href="/facts/Hordaland/H4GNa1m7">Hordaland</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_52_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian">60°0′N 5°52′E / 60.000°N 5.867°E / 60.000; 5.867 (Prime Meridian)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hardangerfjorden/gyLk8eBK">Hardangerfjorden</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_5_59_E_type:country&title=Norway">60°0′N 5°59′E / 60.000°N 5.983°E / 60.000; 5.983 (Norway)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></th><td>Mainland: <a href="/facts/Folgefonna/WbJXjIRE">Folgefonna</a> <a href="/facts/Glacier/8GrKVUSS">glacier</a>, <a href="/facts/Telemark/HqXJLMmm">Telemark</a>, <a href="/facts/Buskerud/Xog8zfGQ">Buskerud</a>, <a href="/facts/Akershus/C8DJ8gbH">Akershus</a>, <a href="/facts/Oslo/PRJtFYUl">Oslo</a>, <a href="/facts/Hedmark/jXvpTkww">Hedmark</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2598stfold/wz9cuPAq">Østfold</a>Passing just north of the <a href="/facts/Capital_city/p06rGdJC">capital</a> <a href="/facts/Oslo/PRJtFYUl">Oslo</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_12_23_E_type:country&title=Sweden">60°0′N 12°23′E / 60.000°N 12.383°E / 60.000; 12.383 (Sweden)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></th><td>Passing through <a href="/facts/Fagersta/WG3DEn6E">Fagersta</a> Passing just north of <a href="/facts/Uppsala/X3HzSeYN">Uppsala</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_18_53_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 18°53′E / 60.000°N 18.883°E / 60.000; 18.883 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_20_8_E_type:country&title=%C3%85land+Islands">60°0′N 20°8′E / 60.000°N 20.133°E / 60.000; 20.133 (Åland Islands)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></th><td>Högskär, Bäckö and several smaller islands, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2585land/Czpngkbn">Åland Islands</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_20_58_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 20°58′E / 60.000°N 20.967°E / 60.000; 20.967 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_23_30_E_type:country&title=Finland">60°0′N 23°30′E / 60.000°N 23.500°E / 60.000; 23.500 (Finland)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></th><td>Passing through <a href="/facts/Eken%25C3%25A4s%2c_Finland/1GRD7W7M">Ekenäs</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_23_58_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 23°58′E / 60.000°N 23.967°E / 60.000; 23.967 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_24_26_E_type:country&title=Finland">60°0′N 24°26′E / 60.000°N 24.433°E / 60.000; 24.433 (Finland)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Porkkala/B7PHnE53">Porkkala</a> peninsula</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_24_30_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 24°30′E / 60.000°N 24.500°E / 60.000; 24.500 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a>, <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Finland/rXE4CB5m">Gulf of Finland</a> Passing just south of <a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a> and the island of <a href="/facts/Gogland/eFxxCI8A">Gogland</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_27_48_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 27°48′E / 60.000°N 27.800°E / 60.000; 27.800 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Moshchny_Island/SgNDPkMM">Moshchny Island</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_27_54_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 27°54′E / 60.000°N 27.900°E / 60.000; 27.900 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Finland/rXE4CB5m">Gulf of Finland</a>, <a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_29_44_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 29°44′E / 60.000°N 29.733°E / 60.000; 29.733 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td>Island of <a href="/facts/Kotlin_Island/5qHYbUUp">Kotlin</a> (city of <a href="/facts/Kronstadt/GCm4IIAg">Kronstadt</a>)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_29_47_E_type:waterbody&title=Baltic+Sea">60°0′N 29°47′E / 60.000°N 29.783°E / 60.000; 29.783 (Baltic Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Finland/rXE4CB5m">Gulf of Finland</a>, <a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_30_5_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 30°5′E / 60.000°N 30.083°E / 60.000; 30.083 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td>Passing through <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Lake_Ladoga/7pte777E">Lake Ladoga</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_154_30_E_type:waterbody&title=Sea+of+Okhotsk">60°0′N 154°30′E / 60.000°N 154.500°E / 60.000; 154.500 (Sea of Okhotsk)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Shelikhov_Gulf/RD9WGnXK">Shelikhov Gulf</a>, <a href="/facts/Sea_of_Okhotsk/T4QL1000">Sea of Okhotsk</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_161_28_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 161°28′E / 60.000°N 161.467°E / 60.000; 161.467 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Kamchatka_Peninsula/w9DK3jE6">Kamchatka Peninsula</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_165_14_E_type:waterbody&title=Bering+Sea">60°0′N 165°14′E / 60.000°N 165.233°E / 60.000; 165.233 (Bering Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Bering_Sea/xE9Gzouv">Bering Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_166_10_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 166°10′E / 60.000°N 166.167°E / 60.000; 166.167 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td>Pylgin Range</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_166_33_E_type:waterbody&title=Bering+Sea">60°0′N 166°33′E / 60.000°N 166.550°E / 60.000; 166.550 (Bering Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Olyutor_Gulf/YpPn9mNF">Olyutor Gulf</a>, <a href="/facts/Bering_Sea/xE9Gzouv">Bering Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_170_9_E_type:country&title=Russia">60°0′N 170°9′E / 60.000°N 170.150°E / 60.000; 170.150 (Russia)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Olyutor_Peninsula/6METvyd8">Olyutor Peninsula</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_170_26_E_type:waterbody&title=Bering+Sea">60°0′N 170°26′E / 60.000°N 170.433°E / 60.000; 170.433 (Bering Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Bering_Sea/xE9Gzouv">Bering Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_167_8_W_type:country&title=United+States">60°0′N 167°8′W / 60.000°N 167.133°W / 60.000; -167.133 (United States)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a> - <a href="/facts/Nunivak_Island/s0nX0pxK">Nunivak Island</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_165_39_W_type:waterbody&title=Etolin+Strait">60°0′N 165°39′W / 60.000°N 165.650°W / 60.000; -165.650 (Etolin Strait)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Etolin_Strait/pS4gJlBq">Etolin Strait</a>, <a href="/facts/Bering_Sea/xE9Gzouv">Bering Sea</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_164_9_W_type:country&title=United+States">60°0′N 164°9′W / 60.000°N 164.150°W / 60.000; -164.150 (United States)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_152_38_W_type:waterbody&title=Cook+Inlet">60°0′N 152°38′W / 60.000°N 152.633°W / 60.000; -152.633 (Cook Inlet)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Cook_Inlet/x0WBB70k">Cook Inlet</a>, <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Alaska/2z2bXRWy">Gulf of Alaska</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_151_44_W_type:country&title=United+States">60°0′N 151°44′W / 60.000°N 151.733°W / 60.000; -151.733 (United States)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a> - <a href="/facts/Kenai_Peninsula/HEa91NXF">Kenai Peninsula</a>, <a href="/facts/Evans_Island/PvJBlIdT">Evans Island</a>, Elrington Island, <a href="/facts/Latouche_Island/0ah3r7sT">Latouche Island</a> and <a href="/facts/Montague_Island_(Alaska)/2uzDAkbD">Montague Island</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_147_24_W_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean">60°0′N 147°24′W / 60.000°N 147.400°W / 60.000; -147.400 (Pacific Ocean)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Alaska/2z2bXRWy">Gulf of Alaska</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_144_24_W_type:country&title=United+States">60°0′N 144°24′W / 60.000°N 144.400°W / 60.000; -144.400 (United States)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a> - Wingham Island, <a href="/facts/Kayak_Island/HuhE0Xjq">Kayak Island</a> and a small section of mainland</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_143_50_W_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean">60°0′N 143°50′W / 60.000°N 143.833°W / 60.000; -143.833 (Pacific Ocean)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Alaska/2z2bXRWy">Gulf of Alaska</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_141_53_W_type:country&title=United+States">60°0′N 141°53′W / 60.000°N 141.883°W / 60.000; -141.883 (United States)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_139_3_W_type:country&title=Canada">60°0′N 139°3′W / 60.000°N 139.050°W / 60.000; -139.050 (Canada)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Yukon/JAGCCGCW">Yukon</a> / <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a> border <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> / <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a> border <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> / <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a> border - passes through <a href="/facts/Wood_Buffalo_National_Park/ga1XxtCR">Wood Buffalo National Park</a> and beside <a href="/facts/Fort_Smith%2c_Northwest_Territories/JxhTJX40">Fort Smith, NT</a> <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> / <a href="/facts/Saskatchewan/ehkUec57">Saskatchewan</a> border <a href="/facts/Nunavut/aFaAad0W">Nunavut</a> / <a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a> border</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_94_49_W_type:waterbody&title=Hudson+Bay">60°0′N 94°49′W / 60.000°N 94.817°W / 60.000; -94.817 (Hudson Bay)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Arctic_Ocean/l6HS3QyV">Arctic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Hudson_Bay/KApYeskW">Hudson Bay</a>Passing just north of the <a href="/facts/Ottawa_Islands/WKcAmNlI">Ottawa Islands</a>, <a href="/facts/Nunavut/aFaAad0W">Nunavut</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_77_17_W_type:country&title=Canada">60°0′N 77°17′W / 60.000°N 77.283°W / 60.000; -77.283 (Canada)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>Passing just south of <a href="/facts/Puvirnituq/kawDohwN">Puvirnituq</a>, <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_69_46_W_type:waterbody&title=Ungava+Bay">60°0′N 69°46′W / 60.000°N 69.767°W / 60.000; -69.767 (Ungava Bay)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Arctic_Ocean/l6HS3QyV">Arctic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Ungava_Bay/h9XRCx7H">Ungava Bay</a>Passing just south of <a href="/facts/Kangirsuk/NWa8d1cI">Kangirsuk</a>, <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_65_7_W_type:country&title=Canada">60°0′N 65°7′W / 60.000°N 65.117°W / 60.000; -65.117 (Canada)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>, <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_64_9_W_type:waterbody">60°0′N 64°9′W / 60.000°N 64.150°W / 60.000; -64.150</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td>Border between the <a href="/facts/Davis_Strait/e023MpL7">Davis Strait</a> (to the north) and the <a href="/facts/Labrador_Sea/lVMcHdw9">Labrador Sea</a> (to the south)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_44_52_W_type:country&title=Greenland">60°0′N 44°52′W / 60.000°N 44.867°W / 60.000; -44.867 (Greenland)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a></th><td>Passing south of <a href="/facts/Narsaq/LAwXa4hW">Narsaq</a>; crossing mainland at <a href="/facts/Narsarmijit%2c_Greenland/g4kGnBaa">Narsarmijit</a>; going through <a href="/facts/Cape_Farewell_Archipelago/ynpb4lzG">Cape Farewell Archipelago</a>, passing just north of <a href="/facts/Egger_Island/7j8Gxcqb">Itilleq Island</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_43_9_W_type:waterbody&title=Atlantic+Ocean">60°0′N 43°9′W / 60.000°N 43.150°W / 60.000; -43.150 (Atlantic Ocean)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_1_21_W_type:country&title=United+Kingdom">60°0′N 1°21′W / 60.000°N 1.350°W / 60.000; -1.350 (United Kingdom)</a></td><th scope="row"> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></th><td>Islands of <a href="/facts/Mainland%2c_Shetland/42cbN7CL">Mainland</a> and <a href="/facts/Mousa/cvIeJJk2">Mousa</a>, <a href="/facts/Shetland/8YfMHIlV">Shetland Islands</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_north¶ms=60_0_N_1_11_W_type:waterbody&title=North+Sea">60°0′N 1°11′W / 60.000°N 1.183°W / 60.000; -1.183 (North Sea)</a></td><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a></th><td><a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notable-cities-and-towns-on-60n">Notable cities and towns on 60°N</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Whitehorse/utMd4sDS">Whitehorse</a>, Yukon, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fort_Smith%2c_Northwest_Territories/JxhTJX40">Fort Smith</a>, Northwest Territories, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bergen/jqbcAwxm">Bergen</a>, Vestland, Norway</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oslo/PRJtFYUl">Oslo</a>, Norway</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a>, Uusimaa, Finland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Espoo/0SbDwKHH">Espoo</a>, Uusimaa, Finland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a>, Russia</li></ul> <h2 id="canada">Canada</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>, the 60th parallel forms the southern mainland boundary of the <a href="/facts/Northern_Canada/hQcSoWkW">northern territories</a> of <a href="/facts/Yukon/JAGCCGCW">Yukon</a>, <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nunavut/aFaAad0W">Nunavut</a> with the <a href="/facts/Western_Canada/2jEGmMd2">western</a> provinces of <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a>, <a href="/facts/Saskatchewan/ehkUec57">Saskatchewan</a>, and <a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a>. </p><p>Accordingly, "north of 60" is an expression often used for the territories, although parts of Nunavut (the islands in <a href="/facts/Hudson_Bay/KApYeskW">Hudson Bay</a> and <a href="/facts/James_Bay/rSvksPnS">James Bay</a>) are located south of the 60th parallel, and parts of <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a> and <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> are located north, to the east of Hudson Bay. A 1990s TV show on <a href="/facts/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation/xBHaMb9R">CBC</a> about life in the <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> was called <i><a href="/facts/North_of_60/VJH9xDEC">North of 60</a></i>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/List_of_protected_areas_of_the_Northwest_Territories/g7jDM176">60th Parallel Territorial Park</a> is on <a href="/facts/Mackenzie_Highway/jq4EYgKk">Mackenzie Highway</a> between <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a> and <a href="/facts/Northwest_Territories/au0ajf7T">Northwest Territories</a> and it has a visitor centre there in the homeland of the <a href="/facts/Yellowknives_Dene_First_Nation/qlVhyUAW">Yellowknives Dene First Nation</a> and the <a href="/facts/North_Slave_M%25C3%25A9tis_Alliance/xgz4w81a">North Slave Métis Alliance</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Canada's only <a href="/facts/Four_corners_(Canada)/nXp5lAv9">four corners</a> are located at the intersection of the 60th parallel and the <a href="/facts/102nd_meridian_west/LVSRKAWe">102nd meridian west</a>, between the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. </p> <h2 id="greenland">Greenland</h2> <p>Between 1776 and 1950, the 60th parallel formed the southern limit of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Greenland_Trade_Department/9NtVjhVe">Royal Greenland Trade Department</a>'s exclusive monopoly on trade near the <a href="/facts/Denmark-Norway/1BByzm5P">Dano-Norwegian</a> and later <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Danish</a> colonies of <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a> (1776–1782) and <a href="/facts/South_Greenland/hUTzCPAd">South Greenland</a> (1782–1950).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/59th_parallel_north/MnzrfQqV">59th parallel north</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/61st_parallel_north/EUGXPEyH">61st parallel north</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191012094319/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191012094319/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>NASA. "Earth Fact Sheet". Retrieved April 11, 2017. <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Self, Will (8 July 2015). "60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack review – around the world in search of home". The Guardian. <a href="/wiki/Will_Self" target="_blank">/wiki/Will_Self</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Tallack, Malacky (2017). Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781681774619. <a href="9781681774619" target="_blank">9781681774619</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2020. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"60th Parallel Visitor Information Centre". Spectacular NWT. Northwest Territories Tourism. Retrieved 30 January 2024. <a href="https://spectacularnwt.com/attractions/60th-parallel-visitor-information-centre/" target="_blank">https://spectacularnwt.com/attractions/60th-parallel-visitor-information-centre/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Marquardt, Ole. "Change and Continuity in Denmark's Greenland Policy" in The Oldenburg Monarchy: An Underestimated Empire?. Verlag Ludwig (Kiel), 2006. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA156" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA156</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>