24th parallel north

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24°
24th parallel north

The 24th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 24 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 37 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 39 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 24° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Algeria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Libya
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Egypt
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Red Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Saudi Arabia Yanbu, Al Madinah Region
Riyadh Region
Eastern Region
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Arab Emirates Emirate of Abu Dhabi - for about 13 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Persian Gulf
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Arab Emirates Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Oman
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Pakistan Sindh
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Gujarat
Rajasthan - for about 12 km
Gujarat - for about 8 km
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
West Bengal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bangladesh For about 1 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India West Bengal - for about 2 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bangladesh
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Tripura
Mizoram
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma) For about 14 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Manipur - for about 15 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma) For about 16 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Manipur
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Yunnan, for about 28 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Taiwan Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Republic of China Island of Taiwan (claimed by  People's Republic of China)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Hateruma island,  Japan
Passing just south of South Iwo Jima island,  Japan
Passing just north of Tern Island, Hawaii,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mexico Baja California peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of California
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Mexico
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bahamas Cay Sal Bank atoll
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bahamas Andros island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bahamas Exuma cays
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just south of Cat Island,  Bahamas
Passing just north of Conception Island,  Bahamas
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Bahamas San Salvador Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Western Sahara Claimed by  Morocco
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mauritania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Algeria

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
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