46th parallel north

The 46th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 46 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 38 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 46° north passes through:


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 * 46°N, °W
 * 46°N, °W
 * 46°N, 7°W
 * 46°N, 7°W
 * 46°N, 7°W
 * 46°N, 7.88333°W
 * 46°N, 7.88333°W
 * 46°N, 7.88333°W
 * Passing through Lake Maggiore near Luino
 * 46°N, 8.81667°W
 * 46°N, 8.81667°W
 * Passing through Lake Lugano
 * 46°N, 9.01667°W
 * 46°N, 9.01667°W
 * Passing through Lake Como
 * 46°N, 13.48333°W
 * 46°N, 13.48333°W
 * Passing just south of Ljubljana
 * 46°N, 15.7°W
 * 46°N, 15.7°W
 * 46°N, 17.3°W
 * 46°N, 17.3°W
 * 46°N, 17.3°W
 * 46°N, 19.06667°W
 * 46°N, 19.06667°W
 * 46°N, 19.06667°W
 * For about 7 km
 * 46°N, 19.15°W
 * 46°N, 19.15°W
 * For about 4 km
 * 46°N, 19.2°W
 * 46°N, 19.2°W
 * For about 2 km
 * 46°N, 19.23333°W
 * 46°N, 19.23333°W
 * For about 5 km
 * 46°N, 19.3°W
 * 46°N, 19.3°W
 * passing just south of Subotica
 * 46°N, 20.36667°W
 * 46°N, 20.36667°W
 * 46°N, 28.1°W
 * 46°N, 28.1°W
 * 46°N, 28.1°W
 * 46°N, 28.91667°W
 * 46°N, 28.91667°W
 * 46°N, 28.91667°W
 * Odesa Oblast — passing just south of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 30.36667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 30.36667°W
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 * 46°N, 33.61667°W
 * 46°N, 33.61667°W
 * Crimea (claimed and controlled by 🇷🇺) — passing just south of Armiansk Kherson Oblast — passing through Chonhar peninsula and Arabat Spit
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 34.85°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 34.85°W
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 * 46°N, 37.93333°W
 * 46°N, 37.93333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 48.91667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 48.91667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 48.91667°W
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 * 46°N, 52.91667°W
 * 46°N, 52.91667°W
 * Passing through the Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash
 * 46°N, 82.5°W
 * 46°N, 82.5°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 46°N, 91°W
 * 46°N, 91°W
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 * 46°N, 116.3°W
 * 46°N, 116.3°W
 * Inner Mongolia Jilin - for about 7 km Inner Mongolia Jilin Heilongjiang — passing about 30 km north of Harbin
 * 46°N, 133.68333°W
 * 46°N, 133.68333°W
 * Primorsky Krai
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 137.85°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 137.85°W
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 * 46°N, 141.96667°W
 * 46°N, 141.96667°W
 * Sakhalin island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 142.11667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 142.11667°W
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 * 46°N, 149.93333°W
 * 46°N, 149.93333°W
 * Island of Urup, Kuril Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 150.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, 150.21667°W
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 * 46°N, -123.93333°W
 * Oregon Washington Washington/Oregon border Idaho Montana - passing through Butte North Dakota (just north of the border with South Dakota) Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -85.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -85.61667°W
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 * 46°N, -85°W
 * Michigan - Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -83.5°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -83.5°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Channel - passing just north of Cockburn Island and Manitoulin Island, Ontario, 🇨🇦
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 * 46°N, -82.21667°W
 * Ontario Quebec - passing just south of Sorel-Tracy
 * 46°N, -70.28333°W
 * 46°N, -70.28333°W
 * Maine
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 * 46°N, -67.78333°W
 * New Brunswick - passing just north of Fredericton Nova Scotia (for about 2 km)
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -64°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -64°W
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 * 46°N, -62.9°W
 * 46°N, -62.9°W
 * Prince Edward Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -62.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -62.46667°W
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 * 46°N, -61.55°W
 * 46°N, -61.55°W
 * Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -59.85°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 46°N, -59.85°W
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 * 46°N, -1.38333°W
 * 46°N, -1.38333°W
 * Île d'Oléron and the mainland
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