10th parallel north

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The 10th parallel north defines part of the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea. 10th parallel SierraLeone.png
The 10th parallel north defines part of the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea.

The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.

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At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 43 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 33 minutes during the winter solstice. [1]

On 21 June, the maximum altitude of the sun is 103.44 degrees and 56.56 degrees on 21 December.

A section of the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone is defined by the parallel.

The Ten Degree Channel in the Indian Ocean is named after the parallel.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 10° north passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
10°0′N0°0′E / 10.000°N 0.000°E / 10.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
10°0′N0°21′E / 10.000°N 0.350°E / 10.000; 0.350 (Togo) Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
10°0′N1°21′E / 10.000°N 1.350°E / 10.000; 1.350 (Benin) Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
10°0′N3°37′E / 10.000°N 3.617°E / 10.000; 3.617 (Nigeria) Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
10°0′N13°15′E / 10.000°N 13.250°E / 10.000; 13.250 (Cameroon) Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
10°0′N14°17′E / 10.000°N 14.283°E / 10.000; 14.283 (Chad) Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
10°0′N14°32′E / 10.000°N 14.533°E / 10.000; 14.533 (Cameroon) Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
10°0′N15°41′E / 10.000°N 15.683°E / 10.000; 15.683 (Chad) Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
10°0′N21°23′E / 10.000°N 21.383°E / 10.000; 21.383 (Central African Republic) Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
10°0′N23°36′E / 10.000°N 23.600°E / 10.000; 23.600 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
10°0′N25°0′E / 10.000°N 25.000°E / 10.000; 25.000 (South Sudan) Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
10°0′N26°7′E / 10.000°N 26.117°E / 10.000; 26.117 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
10°0′N27°50′E / 10.000°N 27.833°E / 10.000; 27.833 (Abyei) Abyei Area controlled by Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan, and claimed by Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
10°0′N29°0′E / 10.000°N 29.000°E / 10.000; 29.000 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
10°0′N29°32′E / 10.000°N 29.533°E / 10.000; 29.533 (South Sudan) Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
10°0′N30°28′E / 10.000°N 30.467°E / 10.000; 30.467 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
10°0′N31°30′E / 10.000°N 31.500°E / 10.000; 31.500 (South Sudan) Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
10°0′N34°0′E / 10.000°N 34.000°E / 10.000; 34.000 (Sudan) Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
10°0′N34°13′E / 10.000°N 34.217°E / 10.000; 34.217 (Ethiopia) Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
10°0′N43°3′E / 10.000°N 43.050°E / 10.000; 43.050 (Somalia) Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Passing through Somaliland
10°0′N50°54′E / 10.000°N 50.900°E / 10.000; 50.900 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Passing just south of the island of Kalpeni, Flag of India.svg  India
Laccadive Sea
10°0′N76°13′E / 10.000°N 76.217°E / 10.000; 76.217 (India) Flag of India.svg  India Kerala — passing through Kochi
Tamil Nadu
10°0′N79°13′E / 10.000°N 79.217°E / 10.000; 79.217 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Ten Degree Channel (between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Flag of India.svg  India)
Andaman Sea
10°0′N98°10′E / 10.000°N 98.167°E / 10.000; 98.167 (Myanmar) Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (Burma)Island of Zadetkyi Kyun in the Mergui Archipelago
10°0′N98°15′E / 10.000°N 98.250°E / 10.000; 98.250 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Andaman Sea
10°0′N98°32′E / 10.000°N 98.533°E / 10.000; 98.533 (Myanmar) Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (Burma)The southernmost tip of the Burmese mainland
10°0′N98°35′E / 10.000°N 98.583°E / 10.000; 98.583 (Thailand) Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Ranong and Chumphon provinces
10°0′N99°9′E / 10.000°N 99.150°E / 10.000; 99.150 (Gulf of Thailand) Gulf of Thailand Passing just south of the island of Ko Tao, Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Passing just south of the island of Phú Quốc, Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
10°0′N105°5′E / 10.000°N 105.083°E / 10.000; 105.083 (Vietnam) Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
10°0′N106°39′E / 10.000°N 106.650°E / 10.000; 106.650 (South China Sea) South China Sea Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
10°0′N118°38′E / 10.000°N 118.633°E / 10.000; 118.633 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Palawan
10°0′N119°0′E / 10.000°N 119.000°E / 10.000; 119.000 (Sulu Sea) Sulu Sea
10°0′N122°42′E / 10.000°N 122.700°E / 10.000; 122.700 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Negros
10°0′N123°13′E / 10.000°N 123.217°E / 10.000; 123.217 (Tañon Strait) Tañon Strait
10°0′N123°14′E / 10.000°N 123.233°E / 10.000; 123.233 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Cebu
10°0′N123°37′E / 10.000°N 123.617°E / 10.000; 123.617 (Cebu Strait) Cebu Strait
10°0′N124°3′E / 10.000°N 124.050°E / 10.000; 124.050 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Bohol
10°0′N124°34′E / 10.000°N 124.567°E / 10.000; 124.567 (Bohol Sea) Bohol Sea Passing just south of the island of Leyte, Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
10°0′N125°12′E / 10.000°N 125.200°E / 10.000; 125.200 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Panaon
10°0′N125°17′E / 10.000°N 125.283°E / 10.000; 125.283 (Surigao Strait) Surigao Strait
10°0′N125°30′E / 10.000°N 125.500°E / 10.000; 125.500 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Islands of Sibanac and Dinagat
10°0′N125°40′E / 10.000°N 125.667°E / 10.000; 125.667 (Dinagat Sound) Dinagat Sound
10°0′N126°2′E / 10.000°N 126.033°E / 10.000; 126.033 (Philippines) Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Island of Siargao
10°0′N126°5′E / 10.000°N 126.083°E / 10.000; 126.083 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
10°0′N139°37′E / 10.000°N 139.617°E / 10.000; 139.617 (Federated States of Micronesia) Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia Passing through Ulithi Atoll
10°0′N139°48′E / 10.000°N 139.800°E / 10.000; 139.800 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Ujelang Atoll, Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands
Passing just south of Wotho Atoll, Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands
10°0′N169°1′E / 10.000°N 169.017°E / 10.000; 169.017 (Marshall Islands) Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Passing through Likiep Atoll
10°0′N169°7′E / 10.000°N 169.117°E / 10.000; 169.117 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
10°0′N85°43′W / 10.000°N 85.717°W / 10.000; -85.717 (Costa Rica) Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Passing through the Gulf of Nicoya
Passing just north of San José
Passing through the town of Heredia
10°0′N83°2′W / 10.000°N 83.033°W / 10.000; -83.033 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea
10°0′N75°34′W / 10.000°N 75.567°W / 10.000; -75.567 (Colombia) Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
10°0′N72°58′W / 10.000°N 72.967°W / 10.000; -72.967 (Venezuela) Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Passing through Lake Maracaibo
10°0′N62°8′W / 10.000°N 62.133°W / 10.000; -62.133 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just south of the island of Trinidad, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
10°0′N14°2′W / 10.000°N 14.033°W / 10.000; -14.033 (Guinea) Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
10°0′N11°53′W / 10.000°N 11.883°W / 10.000; -11.883 (Guinea / Sierra Leone border) Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea / Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone border
10°0′N11°12′W / 10.000°N 11.200°W / 10.000; -11.200 (Guinea) Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
10°0′N8°8′W / 10.000°N 8.133°W / 10.000; -8.133 (Côte d'Ivoire) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
10°0′N4°59′W / 10.000°N 4.983°W / 10.000; -4.983 (Burkina Faso) Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
10°0′N2°46′W / 10.000°N 2.767°W / 10.000; -2.767 (Ghana) Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

In the end of part two of the Spanish television heist crime drama series La casa de papel , a point near Palawan island, Philippines, with the coordinates of 10th parallel north and 118,5º, was the meeting point of El Professor and Raquel one year after the heist.

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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.