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65th parallel north

Circle of latitude

65°

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.

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

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or ocean	Notes
65°0′N 0°0′E / 65.000°N 0.000°E / 65.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 10°49′E / 65.000°N 10.817°E / 65.000; 10.817 (Norway)	Norway	Islands and skerries of Vikna, Trøndelag
65°0′N 11°9′E / 65.000°N 11.150°E / 65.000; 11.150 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Risværfjorden, Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 11°37′E / 65.000°N 11.617°E / 65.000; 11.617 (Norway)	Norway	Mainland Trøndelag
65°0′N 11°47′E / 65.000°N 11.783°E / 65.000; 11.783 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Årsetfjorden, Lekafjorden, Norwegian Sea
65°0′N 11°48′E / 65.000°N 11.800°E / 65.000; 11.800 (Norway)	Norway	Trøndelag, Nordland
65°0′N 20°03′E / 65.000°N 20.050°E / 65.000; 20.050 (Sweden)	Sweden	Jörn, Västerbotten County
65°0′N 21°23′E / 65.000°N 21.383°E / 65.000; 21.383 (Baltic Sea)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
65°0′N 24°34′E / 65.000°N 24.567°E / 65.000; 24.567 (Finland)	Finland	Island of Hailuoto and mainland, passing south of Oulu.
65°0′N 29°36′E / 65.000°N 29.600°E / 65.000; 29.600 (Russia)	Russia
65°0′N 34°48′E / 65.000°N 34.800°E / 65.000; 34.800 (White Sea)	Arctic Ocean	Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 35°42′E / 65.000°N 35.700°E / 65.000; 35.700 (Russia)	Russia	Solovetsky Islands
65°0′N 35°51′E / 65.000°N 35.850°E / 65.000; 35.850 (White Sea)	Arctic Ocean	Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 36°48′E / 65.000°N 36.800°E / 65.000; 36.800 (Russia)	Russia	Onega Peninsula
65°0′N 37°43′E / 65.000°N 37.717°E / 65.000; 37.717 (White Sea)	Arctic Ocean	Dvina Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
65°0′N 40°19′E / 65.000°N 40.317°E / 65.000; 40.317 (Russia)	Russia
65°0′N 179°53′E / 65.000°N 179.883°E / 65.000; 179.883 (Bering Sea)	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea
65°0′N 175°52′W / 65.000°N 175.867°W / 65.000; -175.867 (Russia)	Russia	Chukchi Peninsula
65°0′N 172°13′W / 65.000°N 172.217°W / 65.000; -172.217 (Bering Strait)	Pacific Ocean	Bering Strait, Bering Sea Passing just north of King Island, Alaska,  United States
65°0′N 166°41′W / 65.000°N 166.683°W / 65.000; -166.683 (United States)	United States	Alaska
65°0′N 141°0′W / 65.000°N 141.000°W / 65.000; -141.000 (Canada)	Canada	Yukon Northwest Territories – passing through Great Bear Lake Nunavut
65°0′N 87°7′W / 65.000°N 87.117°W / 65.000; -87.117 (Roes Welcome Sound)	Arctic Ocean	Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
65°0′N 86°12′W / 65.000°N 86.200°W / 65.000; -86.200 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut – Southampton Island
65°0′N 83°17′W / 65.000°N 83.283°W / 65.000; -83.283 (Foxe Basin)	Arctic Ocean	Foxe Basin
65°0′N 78°3′W / 65.000°N 78.050°W / 65.000; -78.050 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut – Baffin Island
65°0′N 66°30′W / 65.000°N 66.500°W / 65.000; -66.500 (Cumberland Sound)	Arctic Ocean	Cumberland Sound, Labrador Sea
65°0′N 63°49′W / 65.000°N 63.817°W / 65.000; -63.817 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut – Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island
65°0′N 63°27′W / 65.000°N 63.450°W / 65.000; -63.450 (Davis Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Davis Strait
65°0′N 51°48′W / 65.000°N 51.800°W / 65.000; -51.800 (Greenland)	Greenland	Fiskevandet
65°0′N 40°36′W / 65.000°N 40.600°W / 65.000; -40.600 (Pikiulleq)	Atlantic Ocean	Pikiulleq, Denmark Strait
65°0′N 39°46′W / 65.000°N 39.767°W / 65.000; -39.767 (Greenland)	Greenland	Takiseeq
65°0′N 39°47′W / 65.000°N 39.783°W / 65.000; -39.783 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Denmark Strait
65°0′N 23°14′W / 65.000°N 23.233°W / 65.000; -23.233 (Iceland)	Iceland
65°0′N 13°36′W / 65.000°N 13.600°W / 65.000; -13.600 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea

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

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