47th parallel north

The 47th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 47 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, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 31 minutes during the winter solstice. This is the northern limit of the visibility of the star θ Scorpii and thus of the 'tail' of the constellation Scorpius.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 47° north passes through:


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 * 47°N, °W
 * 47°N, °W
 * Passing just south of Nantes, Montsoreau and Bourges
 * 47°N, 6.63333°W
 * 47°N, 6.63333°W
 * Passing just north of Bern
 * 47°N, 9.88333°W
 * 47°N, 9.88333°W
 * 47°N, 10.38333°W
 * 47°N, 10.38333°W
 * 47°N, 10.38333°W
 * For roughly 300 meters at Grübelekopf
 * 47°N, 10.38333°W
 * 47°N, 10.38333°W
 * 47°N, 11.45°W
 * 47°N, 11.45°W
 * 47°N, 11.45°W
 * For about 4 km
 * 47°N, 11.51667°W
 * 47°N, 11.51667°W
 * For about 3 km
 * 47°N, 11.56667°W
 * 47°N, 11.56667°W
 * For about 7 km
 * 47°N, 11.65°W
 * 47°N, 11.65°W
 * For about 14 km
 * 47°N, 11.83333°W
 * 47°N, 11.83333°W
 * 47°N, 12.13333°W
 * 47°N, 12.13333°W
 * 47°N, 12.13333°W
 * 47°N, 16.28333°W
 * 47°N, 16.28333°W
 * 47°N, 16.28333°W
 * Passing through Lake Balaton
 * 47°N, 21.7°W
 * 47°N, 21.7°W
 * Passing just south of Oradea and Iași
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 * 47°N, 28.08333°W
 * Passing through Chișinău Passing through Transnistria
 * 47°N, 29.6°W
 * 47°N, 29.6°W
 * Odesa Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast — passing through Mykolaiv Kherson Oblast — passing through Kakhovka Reservoir Zaporizhzhia Oblast — passing just north of Melitopol Donetsk Oblast — passing through Bilosarayska Spit
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 37.45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 37.45°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Taganrog Bay
 * 47°N, 39.01667°W
 * 47°N, 39.01667°W
 * 47°N, 48.78333°W
 * 47°N, 48.78333°W
 * 47°N, 48.78333°W
 * Just passing through the northern end of the Caspian Sea
 * 47°N, 82.93333°W
 * 47°N, 82.93333°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 47°N, 83.88333°W
 * 47°N, 83.88333°W
 * 47°N, 84.31667°W
 * 47°N, 84.31667°W
 * 47°N, 84.31667°W
 * Xinjiang - for about 11 km
 * 47°N, 84.45°W
 * 47°N, 84.45°W
 * 47°N, 85.16667°W
 * 47°N, 85.16667°W
 * 47°N, 85.16667°W
 * Xinjiang
 * 47°N, 90.73333°W
 * 47°N, 90.73333°W
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 * 47°N, 119.8°W
 * 47°N, 119.8°W
 * Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang
 * 47°N, 134.08333°W
 * 47°N, 134.08333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 138.55°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 138.55°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 138.55°W
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 * 47°N, 142.01667°W
 * 47°N, 142.01667°W
 * Sakhalin island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 143.06667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 143.06667°W
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 * 47°N, 152.06667°W
 * 47°N, 152.06667°W
 * Island of Simushir, Kuril Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 152.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, 152.16667°W
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 * 47°N, -120.08333°W
 * Washington - Ellensburg
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -96.81667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Dakota - crosses state line with Minnesota on the Red River of the North near Fargo
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 * | 47°N, -92°W
 * Minnesota - intersects 92nd Meridian W near Duluth
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -91.68333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |Minnesota - crosses over North Shore of Lake Superior at Two Harbors
 * 47°N, -90.76667°W
 * 47°N, -90.76667°W
 * Wisconsin - Apostle Islands
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -90.41667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -90.41667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -88.95°W
 * 47°N, -88.95°W
 * Michigan - Keweenaw Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -88.38333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -88.38333°W
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 * 47°N, -84.78333°W
 * Ontario Quebec - passing just north of Montmagny
 * 47°N, -69.68333°W
 * 47°N, -69.68333°W
 * Maine
 * 47°N, -67.78333°W
 * 47°N, -67.78333°W
 * New Brunswick
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -64.81667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -64.81667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Northumberland Strait
 * 47°N, -64.06667°W
 * 47°N, -64.06667°W
 * Prince Edward Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -64°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -64°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -60.66667°W
 * 47°N, -60.66667°W
 * Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -60.41667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -60.41667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -59.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -59.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -56.36667°W
 * 47°N, -56.36667°W
 * Miquelon Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -56.28333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -56.28333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -55.98333°W
 * 47°N, -55.98333°W
 * Newfoundland and Labrador - Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -55.2°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -55.2°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -54.16667°W
 * 47°N, -54.16667°W
 * Newfoundland and Labrador - Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -52.9°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 47°N, -52.9°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
 * 47°N, -2.28333°W
 * 47°N, -2.28333°W
 * Belle-Île-en-Mer and Île de Noirmoutier and mainland
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