12th parallel south

The 12th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 12 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 12° south passes through:


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! scope="col" width="125" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇦🇴 ! scope="row" | 🇿🇲 ! scope="row" | 🇨🇩 ! scope="row" | 🇿🇲 ! scope="row" | 🇨🇩 ! scope="row" | 🇿🇲 ! scope="row" | 🇲🇼 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Lake Malawi ! scope="row" | 🇲🇿 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇲🇬 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Timor Sea ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arafura Sea ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Carpentaria ! scope="row" | 🇦🇺 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Coral Sea ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean ! scope="row" | 🇵🇪 ! scope="row" | 🇧🇴 ! scope="row" | 🇧🇷 ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, °W
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 * -12°N, 13.71667°W
 * -12°N, 13.71667°W
 * -12°N, 23.98333°W
 * -12°N, 23.98333°W
 * -12°N, 23.98333°W
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 * -12°N, 26.7°W
 * -12°N, 26.7°W
 * For about 3 km
 * -12°N, 26.71667°W
 * -12°N, 26.71667°W
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 * -12°N, 27.46667°W
 * -12°N, 27.46667°W
 * -12°N, 28.75°W
 * -12°N, 28.75°W
 * -12°N, 28.75°W
 * -12°N, 33.3°W
 * -12°N, 33.3°W
 * -12°N, 33.3°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 34.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 34.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Chizumulu Island and Likoma Island, 🇲🇼
 * -12°N, 34.88333°W
 * -12°N, 34.88333°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 40.53333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 40.53333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mozambique Channel - Passing just south of Grande Comore island, 🇰🇲 - Passing just north of Anjouan island, 🇰🇲
 * -12°N, 49.2°W
 * -12°N, 49.2°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 49.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 49.3°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing between North Keeling Island and Horsburgh Island, 🇨🇨 Passing just north of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands and Hibernia Reef, 🇦🇺
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 124.36667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing south of Bathurst Island, 🇦🇺 Passing through the Clarence Strait - between Melville Island and the mainland, 🇦🇺 Passing through Van Diemen Gulf
 * -12°N, 132.61667°W
 * -12°N, 132.61667°W
 * Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 134.28333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 134.28333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bocaut Bay
 * -12°N, 134.66667°W
 * -12°N, 134.66667°W
 * Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 134.75°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 134.75°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Castlereagh Bay - passing just south of Mooroongga Island, 🇦🇺
 * -12°N, 135.56667°W
 * -12°N, 135.56667°W
 * Elcho Island and Arnhem Land (mainland), Northern Territory
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 135.81667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 135.81667°W
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 * -12°N, 136.26667°W
 * -12°N, 136.26667°W
 * Inglis Island and Arnhem Land (mainland), Northern Territory
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 136.51667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 136.51667°W
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 * -12°N, 141.83333°W
 * -12°N, 141.83333°W
 * Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 143.18333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Vanatinai island, 🇵🇬 Passing just south of Rennell Island, 🇸🇧 Passing just south of Vanikoro island, 🇸🇧
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 167.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, 167.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Tikopia island, 🇸🇧
 * -12°N, -77.13333°W
 * -12°N, -77.13333°W
 * Passing just north of Lima
 * -12°N, -68.91667°W
 * -12°N, -68.91667°W
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 * -12°N, -65°W
 * -12°N, -65°W
 * Rondônia Mato Grosso Tocantins Bahia
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, -37.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | -12°N, -37.61667°W
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