27th parallel north

The 27th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

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27th parallel north

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At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 51 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
27°0′N 0°0′E / 27.000°N 0.000°E / 27.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Algeria
27°0′N 9°50′E / 27.000°N 9.833°E / 27.000; 9.833 (Libya)	Libya
27°0′N 25°0′E / 27.000°N 25.000°E / 27.000; 25.000 (Egypt)	Egypt
27°0′N 33°54′E / 27.000°N 33.900°E / 27.000; 33.900 (Red Sea)	Red Sea
27°0′N 35°55′E / 27.000°N 35.917°E / 27.000; 35.917 (Saudi Arabia)	Saudi Arabia
27°0′N 49°40′E / 27.000°N 49.667°E / 27.000; 49.667 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Passing just north of Lavan Island, Iran
27°0′N 53°21′E / 27.000°N 53.350°E / 27.000; 53.350 (Iran)	Iran
27°0′N 55°48′E / 27.000°N 55.800°E / 27.000; 55.800 (Persian Gulf)	Persian Gulf	Passing just north of Qeshm island, Iran Passing just south of Hormuz Island, Iran
27°0′N 56°54′E / 27.000°N 56.900°E / 27.000; 56.900 (Iran)	Iran
27°0′N 63°15′E / 27.000°N 63.250°E / 27.000; 63.250 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Balochistan Sindh
27°0′N 69°31′E / 27.000°N 69.517°E / 27.000; 69.517 (India)	India	Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Bihar
27°0′N 84°51′E / 27.000°N 84.850°E / 27.000; 84.850 (Nepal)	Nepal	Birgunj
27°0′N 88°6′E / 27.000°N 88.100°E / 27.000; 88.100 (India)	India	West Bengal
27°0′N 88°52′E / 27.000°N 88.867°E / 27.000; 88.867 (Bhutan)	Bhutan
27°0′N 92°5′E / 27.000°N 92.083°E / 27.000; 92.083 (India)	India	Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by People's Republic of China Assam Arunachal Pradesh
27°0′N 95°48′E / 27.000°N 95.800°E / 27.000; 95.800 (Myanmar)	Myanmar (Burma)
27°0′N 98°44′E / 27.000°N 98.733°E / 27.000; 98.733 (China)	People's Republic of China	Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Guizhou Hunan (for about 4 km) Guizhou Hunan - passing just north of Hengyang Jiangxi - passing just south of Ji'an Fujian
27°0′N 120°16′E / 27.000°N 120.267°E / 27.000; 120.267 (East China Sea)	East China Sea
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E / 27.000; 127.933 (Japan)	Japan	Iheya island
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E / 27.000; 127.933 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just north of Okinawa Island, Japan Passing just south of Yoronjima, Japan Passing just south of Chichi-jima, Japan
27°0′N 114°2′W / 27.000°N 114.033°W / 27.000; -114.033 (Mexico)	Mexico	Baja California peninsula
27°0′N 112°1′W / 27.000°N 112.017°W / 27.000; -112.017 (Gulf of California)	Gulf of California
27°0′N 109°57′W / 27.000°N 109.950°W / 27.000; -109.950 (Mexico)	Mexico	Passing just south of Navojoa and just north of Monclova
27°0′N 99°24′W / 27.000°N 99.400°W / 27.000; -99.400 (United States)	United States	Texas - mainland and Padre Island
27°0′N 97°23′W / 27.000°N 97.383°W / 27.000; -97.383 (Gulf of Mexico)	Gulf of Mexico
27°0′N 82°25′W / 27.000°N 82.417°W / 27.000; -82.417 (United States)	United States	Florida - Passing through Port Charlotte and Hobe Sound
27°0′N 80°5′W / 27.000°N 80.083°W / 27.000; -80.083 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
27°0′N 78°13′W / 27.000°N 78.217°W / 27.000; -78.217 (Bahamas)	Bahamas	Great Sale Cay
27°0′N 78°12′W / 27.000°N 78.200°W / 27.000; -78.200 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing between the Fish Cays and the Pensacola Cays, Bahamas
27°0′N 13°27′W / 27.000°N 13.450°W / 27.000; -13.450 (Western Sahara)	Western Sahara	Claimed by Morocco
27°0′N 8°40′W / 27.000°N 8.667°W / 27.000; -8.667 (Mauritania)	Mauritania
27°0′N 8°9′W / 27.000°N 8.150°W / 27.000; -8.150 (Algeria)	Algeria