10th parallel north

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The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

A section of the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone is defined by the parallel.

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 10° north passes through:

Country, territory or sea Notes
 Ghana
 Togo
 Benin
 Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Chad
 Central African Republic
 Sudan
 Ethiopia
 Somalia Including Somaliland
Indian Ocean Arabian Sea, passing between Kalpeni and Minicoy in  India's Lakshadweep Islands
 India
Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal
Passing between Little Andaman and Car Nicobar in  India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman Sea
 Myanmar (Burma) Zadetkyi Kyun in the Mergui Archipelago, and the southernmost tip of the Burmese mainland
 Thailand
Pacific Ocean Gulf of Thailand
 Vietnam
South China Sea Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands
 Philippines Island of Palawan
Sulu Sea
 Philippines Islands of Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Dinagat and Siargao
Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea
 Federated States of Micronesia Passing through Ulithi Atoll
Pacific Ocean
 Marshall Islands Passing just north of Ujelang Atoll, just south of Wotho Atoll, and through Likiep Atoll
Pacific Ocean
 Costa Rica
Caribbean Sea
 Colombia
 Venezuela Including Lake Maracaibo
Atlantic Ocean
 Guinea
 Guinea /  Sierra Leone border
 Guinea
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Burkina Faso
 Ghana

External Links

  • [1], 10th parallel north at MSN maps


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