43rd parallel north
The 43rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 43 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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On 21 June the sun averages, with negligible variance, its local maximum, 70.83 degrees in the sky.[1]
At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 22 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 0 minutes during the winter solstice.[2]
Around the world
[edit]Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 43° north passes through:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ See declination of the sun
- ^ "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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