62°

62nd parallel north

The 62nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 62 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, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 5 hours, 9 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 62° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
62°0′N 0°0′E / 62.000°N 0.000°E / 62.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°0′E / 62.000°N 5.000°E / 62.000; 5.000 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane
62°0′N 5°9′E / 62.000°N 5.150°E / 62.000; 5.150 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Sildegapet, Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°16′E / 62.000°N 5.267°E / 62.000; 5.267 (Norway)	Norway	Island of Barmøya, Sogn og Fjordane
62°0′N 5°18′E / 62.000°N 5.300°E / 62.000; 5.300 (Prime Meridian)	Atlantic Ocean	Barmsundet, Norwegian Sea
62°0′N 5°20′E / 62.000°N 5.333°E / 62.000; 5.333 (Norway)	Norway	Mainland Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Hedmark
62°0′N 12°13′E / 62.000°N 12.217°E / 62.000; 12.217 (Sweden)	Sweden
62°0′N 17°27′E / 62.000°N 17.450°E / 62.000; 17.450 (Baltic Sea)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
62°0′N 21°17′E / 62.000°N 21.283°E / 62.000; 21.283 (Finland)	Finland
62°0′N 30°23′E / 62.000°N 30.383°E / 62.000; 30.383 (Russia)	Russia	Passing through Lake Onega
62°0′N 163°8′E / 62.000°N 163.133°E / 62.000; 163.133 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Pacific Ocean	Penzhin Bay, Sea of Okhotsk
62°0′N 164°6′E / 62.000°N 164.100°E / 62.000; 164.100 (Russia)	Russia
62°0′N 175°11′E / 62.000°N 175.183°E / 62.000; 175.183 (Bering Sea)	Pacific Ocean	Bering Sea
62°0′N 165°46′W / 62.000°N 165.767°W / 62.000; -165.767 (United States)	United States	Alaska
62°0′N 141°0′W / 62.000°N 141.000°W / 62.000; -141.000 (Canada)	Canada	Yukon Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake Nunavut
62°0′N 93°8′W / 62.000°N 93.133°W / 62.000; -93.133 (Hudson Bay)	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Bay Passing just south of Coats Island, Nunavut,  Canada
62°0′N 80°16′W / 62.000°N 80.267°W / 62.000; -80.267 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Mansel Island
62°0′N 79°24′W / 62.000°N 79.400°W / 62.000; -79.400 (Hudson Bay)	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Bay
62°0′N 78°10′W / 62.000°N 78.167°W / 62.000; -78.167 (Canada)	Canada	Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
62°0′N 72°34′W / 62.000°N 72.567°W / 62.000; -72.567 (Hudson Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Strait
62°0′N 72°17′W / 62.000°N 72.283°W / 62.000; -72.283 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Smooth Island
62°0′N 72°15′W / 62.000°N 72.250°W / 62.000; -72.250 (Hudson Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Hudson Strait
62°0′N 66°44′W / 62.000°N 66.733°W / 62.000; -66.733 (Canada)	Canada	Nunavut - Baffin Island
62°0′N 66°6′W / 62.000°N 66.100°W / 62.000; -66.100 (Davis Strait)	Arctic Ocean	Davis Strait Passing just north of Edgell Island, Nunavut,  Canada
62°0′N 49°43′W / 62.000°N 49.717°W / 62.000; -49.717 (Greenland)	Greenland
62°0′N 42°7′W / 62.000°N 42.117°W / 62.000; -42.117 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
62°0′N 7°0′W / 62.000°N 7.000°W / 62.000; -7.000 (Faroe Islands)	Faroe Islands	Islands of Koltur, Streymoy and Nólsoy
62°0′N 6°38′W / 62.000°N 6.633°W / 62.000; -6.633 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Norwegian Sea