11th parallel north

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11th parallel north

The 11th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 11 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 46 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 29 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

In Thailand, a 1966 cabinet resolution restricts the rights of non-Thai companies to conduct mineral exploration or mining operations north of this parallel.[2]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 11° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Togo
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Benin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nigeria
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cameroon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Central African Republic The extreme north of the country, for about 8 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Chad
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  South Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Sudan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ethiopia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Djibouti
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ethiopia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Djibouti
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Somalia Somaliland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Aden
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Somalia Somaliland and Puntland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Passing between the islands of Bangaram and Amini in  India's Lakshadweep Islands
Lakshadweep Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  India Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry: Karaikal district, for about 4 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Passing between Rutland Island and Little Andaman in  India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman Sea - passing just north of the island of Lanbi Kyun,  Myanmar
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Myanmar (Burma) Island of Kau-Ye Kyun, and the mainland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Thailand
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cambodia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bay of Kompong Som
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cambodia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Vietnam For about 10 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Cambodia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Vietnam
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. South China Sea Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Palawan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sulu Sea Passing amongst the Cuyo Islands,  Philippines
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Panay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Guimaras Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Negros (northernmost tip)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Visayan Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Cebu
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Camotes Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Leyte
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Manicani
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Philippines Island of Calicoan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Ailinginae and Rongelap atolls,  Marshall Islands
Passing just south of Toke atoll,  Marshall Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Costa Rica
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nicaragua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Costa Rica
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Nicaragua
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Colombia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Colombia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Gulf of Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing just north of La Tortuga Island,  Venezuela
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Venezuela Isla Margarita
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caribbean Sea Passing between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago,  Trinidad and Tobago
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just south of the Bissagos Islands,  Guinea-Bissau
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea-Bissau
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Guinea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mali
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana For about 8 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana For about 9 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana For about 2 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Burkina Faso
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ghana

As a border

The border between Ghana and what was then French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) was fixed by treaty between the French and British at the Conference of Paris in 1898, to be the 11th parallel.[3] The border does not follow the boundary exactly, but follows it approximately, crossing over it several times.

References

  1. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
  2. Doing Business in Thailand. By Thailand BLC Publishing Co.;(1988)
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also