18th parallel north

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18th parallel north

The 18th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 18 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 13 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 3 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 18° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
18°0′N 0°0′E	Mali
18°0′N 4°14′E	Niger
18°0′N 15°33′E	Chad
18°0′N 24°0′E	Sudan
18°0′N 38°34′E	Eritrea	For about 1 km
18°0′N 38°34′E	Indian Ocean	Red Sea
18°0′N 41°38′E	Saudi Arabia
18°0′N 48°7′E	Yemen
18°0′N 52°28′E	Oman
18°0′N 56°24′E	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
18°0′N 73°1′E	India	Maharashtra Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Orissa Telangana
18°0′N 83°34′E	Indian Ocean	Bay of Bengal
18°0′N 94°28′E	Myanmar (Burma)
18°0′N 97°44′E	Thailand
18°0′N 101°1′E	Laos
18°0′N 101°45′E	Thailand
18°0′N 102°24′E	Laos	Passing just north of Vientiane
18°0′N 103°3′E	Thailand
18°0′N 104°12′E	Laos
18°0′N 105°37′E	Vietnam
18°0′N 106°28′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of the island of Hainan,  People's Republic of China, South China Sea
18°0′N 120°30′E	Philippines	Island of Luzon
18°0′N 122°11′E	Pacific Ocean	Philippine Sea Passing just south of Pagan Island,  Northern Mariana Islands into an unnamed part of the Ocean
18°0′N 102°27′W	Mexico
18°0′N 88°46′W	Belize
18°0′N 88°8′W	Atlantic Ocean	Chetumal Bay
18°0′N 87°58′W	Belize	Ambergris Caye
18°0′N 87°55′W	Atlantic Ocean	Caribbean Sea
18°0′N 77°50′W	Jamaica	Passing through Kingston
18°0′N 76°15′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just south of the Tiburon Peninsula,  Haiti, Caribbean Sea
18°0′N 71°42′W	Dominican Republic
18°0′N 71°9′W	Atlantic Ocean	Caribbean Sea Passing just south of Saona Island,  Dominican Republic Passing just south of Isla Mona,  Puerto Rico
18°0′N 67°12′W	Puerto Rico
18°0′N 65°52′W	Atlantic Ocean	Caribbean Sea Passing just south of Isla de Vieques,  Puerto Rico Passing between the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix,  United States Virgin Islands Passing just south of  Sint Maarten
18°0′N 63°0′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just north of  Saint Barthélemy
18°0′N 16°1′W	Mauritania	Passing just south of Nouakchott
18°0′N 5°46′W	Mali

See also

• 17th parallel north
• 19th parallel north

References

1. "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.