61st parallel north

The 61st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 61 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 19 hours, 16 minutes during the summer solstice and 5 hours, 32 minutes during the winter solstice.

This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which civil twilight can last all night near the summer solstice.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 61° north passes through:


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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, °W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Defines the border between North Sea and Norwegian Sea
 * 61°N, 4.53333°W
 * 61°N, 4.53333°W
 * Islands and skerries of, and Indrevær proper, Sogn og Fjordane
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 4.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 4.61667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Straumsfjorden, North Sea
 * 61°N, 4.65°W
 * 61°N, 4.65°W
 * Islands and skerries of, and Ytre Sula proper, Sogn og Fjordane
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 4.73333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 4.73333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sognesjøen, North Sea
 * 61°N, 4.93333°W
 * 61°N, 4.93333°W
 * Hiserøyna, and the mainland Sogn og Fjordane,
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 5.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 5.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Risnefjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea
 * 61°N, 5.48333°W
 * 61°N, 5.48333°W
 * Sogn og Fjordane
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 7.03333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 7.03333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Aurlandsfjorden, Sognefjorden, North Sea
 * 61°N, 7.06667°W
 * 61°N, 7.06667°W
 * Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark
 * 61°N, 12.23333°W
 * 61°N, 12.23333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 17.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 17.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 17.21667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
 * 61°N, 21.28333°W
 * 61°N, 21.28333°W
 * Passing through Hämeenlinna, 🇫🇮
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 * 61°N, 28.68333°W
 * Passing through Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and by the approximate hypocentre of the 1908 Tunguska event
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 156.08333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 156.08333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gizhigin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
 * 61°N, 159.88333°W
 * 61°N, 159.88333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 161.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 161.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 161.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Penzhin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
 * 61°N, 163.5°W
 * 61°N, 163.5°W
 * Kamchatka Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 172.18333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, 172.18333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
 * 61°N, -165.16667°W
 * 61°N, -165.16667°W
 * Alaska
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -151.5°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -151.5°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska
 * 61°N, -150.51667°W
 * 61°N, -150.51667°W
 * Alaska - Kenai Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -150.31667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -150.31667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska
 * 61°N, -149.65°W
 * 61°N, -149.65°W
 * Alaska passing through the southern part of Anchorage
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 * 61°N, -141°W
 * Yukon Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake Nunavut
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -94.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -94.16667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
 * 61°N, -77.98333°W
 * 61°N, -77.98333°W
 * Quebec - Ungava Peninsula Nunavut - Diana Island
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -69.91667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -69.91667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Diana Bay, Hudson Strait
 * 61°N, -69.66667°W
 * 61°N, -69.66667°W
 * Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -69.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -69.46667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Strait
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -64.71667°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Davis Strait
 * 61°N, -0.4°W
 * 61°N, -0.4°W
 * 61°N, -0.4°W
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 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -0.68333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 61°N, -0.68333°W
 * style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Out Stack, Muckle Flugga and Unst, Shetland Islands, ,
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