65th parallel north explained

The 65th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 65 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 22 hours, 4 minutes during the June solstice and 3 hours, 35 minutes during the December solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 65° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or ocean	Notes
	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
		Islands and skerries of Vikna, Trøndelag
	Atlantic Ocean	Risværfjorden, Norwegian Sea
		Mainland Trøndelag
	Atlantic Ocean	Årsetfjorden, Lekafjorden, Norwegian Sea
		Trøndelag, Nordland
		Jörn, Västerbotten County
	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
		Island of Hailuoto and mainland, passing south of Oulu.
	Arctic Ocean	Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
		Solovetsky Islands
	Arctic Ocean	Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
		Onega Peninsula
	Arctic Ocean	Dvina Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea
		Chukchi Peninsula
	Pacific Ocean	Bering Strait, Bering Sea Passing just north of King Island, Alaska,
		Alaska
		Yukon Northwest Territories – passing through Great Bear Lake Nunavut
	Arctic Ocean	Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
		Nunavut – Southampton Island
	Arctic Ocean	Foxe Basin
		Nunavut – Baffin Island
	Arctic Ocean	Cumberland Sound, Labrador Sea
		Nunavut – Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island
	Arctic Ocean	Davis Strait
		Fiskevandet
	Atlantic Ocean	Pikiulleq, Denmark Strait
		Takiseeq
	Atlantic Ocean	Denmark Strait
	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea

Notable cities and towns on 65°N

• Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
• Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland^[1]

See also

• 64th parallel north
• 66th parallel north

Notes and References

1. Mutt . Shivaprakash Jagalur . Jokelainen . Jari . Sebert . Sylvain . Auvinen . Juha . Järvelin . Marjo-Riitta . Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi . Sirkka . Herzig . Karl-Heinz . 2019-05-30 . Vitamin D Status and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Subjects from Northern Finland (Latitude 65°North) . Nutrients . en . 11 . 6 . 1229 . 10.3390/nu11061229 . 2072-6643 . 6628213 . 31151163 . free.