47th parallel north
# 47th parallel north

The 47th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 47 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 31 minutes during the winter solstice. This is the northern limit of the visibility of the star θ Scorpii and thus of the 'tail' of the constellation Scorpius.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 47° north passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 47°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 47.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  France Passing just south of Nantes, Montsoreau and Bourges 47°0′N 6°38′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 6.633°E﻿ / 47.000; 6.633﻿ (Switzerland)  Switzerland Passing just north of Bern 47°0′N 9°53′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 9.883°E﻿ / 47.000; 9.883﻿ (Austria)  Austria 47°0′N 10°23′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 10.383°E﻿ / 47.000; 10.383﻿ (Switzerland)  Switzerland For roughly 300 meters at Grübelekopf 47°0′N 10°23′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 10.383°E﻿ / 47.000; 10.383﻿ (Austria)  Austria 47°0′N 11°27′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 11.450°E﻿ / 47.000; 11.450﻿ (Italy)  Italy For about 4 km 47°0′N 11°31′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 11.517°E﻿ / 47.000; 11.517﻿ (Austria)  Austria For about 3 km 47°0′N 11°34′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 11.567°E﻿ / 47.000; 11.567﻿ (Italy)  Italy For about 7 km 47°0′N 11°39′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 11.650°E﻿ / 47.000; 11.650﻿ (Austria)  Austria For about 14 km 47°0′N 11°50′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 11.833°E﻿ / 47.000; 11.833﻿ (Italy)  Italy 47°0′N 12°8′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 12.133°E﻿ / 47.000; 12.133﻿ (Austria)  Austria 47°0′N 16°17′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 16.283°E﻿ / 47.000; 16.283﻿ (Hungary)  Hungary Passing through Lake Balaton 47°0′N 21°42′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 21.700°E﻿ / 47.000; 21.700﻿ (Romania)  Romania Passing just south of Oradea and Iași 47°0′N 28°5′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 28.083°E﻿ / 47.000; 28.083﻿ (Moldova)  Moldova Passing through Chișinău Passing through Transnistria 47°0′N 29°36′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 29.600°E﻿ / 47.000; 29.600﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Odesa Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast — passing through Mykolaiv Kherson Oblast — passing through Kakhovka Reservoir Zaporizhzhia Oblast — passing just north of Melitopol Donetsk Oblast — passing through Bilosarayska Spit 47°0′N 37°27′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 37.450°E﻿ / 47.000; 37.450﻿ (Sea of Azov) Sea of Azov Taganrog Bay 47°0′N 39°1′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 39.017°E﻿ / 47.000; 39.017﻿ (Russia)  Russia 47°0′N 48°47′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 48.783°E﻿ / 47.000; 48.783﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan Just passing through the northern end of the Caspian Sea 47°0′N 82°56′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 82.933°E﻿ / 47.000; 82.933﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang 47°0′N 83°53′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 83.883°E﻿ / 47.000; 83.883﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 47°0′N 84°19′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 84.317°E﻿ / 47.000; 84.317﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang - for about 11 km 47°0′N 84°27′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 84.450°E﻿ / 47.000; 84.450﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 47°0′N 85°10′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 85.167°E﻿ / 47.000; 85.167﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang 47°0′N 90°44′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 90.733°E﻿ / 47.000; 90.733﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 47°0′N 119°48′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 119.800°E﻿ / 47.000; 119.800﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang 47°0′N 134°5′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 134.083°E﻿ / 47.000; 134.083﻿ (Russia)  Russia 47°0′N 138°33′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 138.550°E﻿ / 47.000; 138.550﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 47°0′N 142°1′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 142.017°E﻿ / 47.000; 142.017﻿ (Russia)  Russia Sakhalin island 47°0′N 143°4′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 143.067°E﻿ / 47.000; 143.067﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 47°0′N 152°4′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 152.067°E﻿ / 47.000; 152.067﻿ (Russia)  Russia Island of Simushir, Kuril Islands 47°0′N 152°10′E﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 152.167°E﻿ / 47.000; 152.167﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 47°0′N 120°5′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 120.083°W﻿ / 47.000; -120.083﻿ (United States)  United States Washington - Ellensburg 47°0′N 96°49′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 96.817°W﻿ / 47.000; -96.817﻿ (Red River of the North) Red River of the North North Dakota - crosses state line with Minnesota on the Red River of the North near Fargo 47°0′N 92°0′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 92.000°W﻿ / 47.000; -92.000﻿ (United States)  United States Minnesota - intersects 92nd Meridian W near Duluth 47°0′N 91°41′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 91.683°W﻿ / 47.000; -91.683﻿ (Lake Superior) Lake Superior Minnesota - crosses over North Shore of Lake Superior at Two Harbors 47°0′N 90°46′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 90.767°W﻿ / 47.000; -90.767﻿ (United States)  United States Wisconsin - Apostle Islands 47°0′N 90°25′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 90.417°W﻿ / 47.000; -90.417﻿ (Lake Superior) Lake Superior 47°0′N 88°57′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 88.950°W﻿ / 47.000; -88.950﻿ (United States)  United States Michigan - Keweenaw Peninsula 47°0′N 88°23′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 88.383°W﻿ / 47.000; -88.383﻿ (Lake Superior) Lake Superior 47°0′N 84°47′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 84.783°W﻿ / 47.000; -84.783﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario Quebec - passing just north of Montmagny 47°0′N 69°41′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 69.683°W﻿ / 47.000; -69.683﻿ (United States)  United States Maine 47°0′N 67°47′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 67.783°W﻿ / 47.000; -67.783﻿ (Canada)  Canada New Brunswick 47°0′N 64°49′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 64.817°W﻿ / 47.000; -64.817﻿ (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Northumberland Strait 47°0′N 64°4′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 64.067°W﻿ / 47.000; -64.067﻿ (Canada)  Canada Prince Edward Island 47°0′N 64°0′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 64.000°W﻿ / 47.000; -64.000﻿ (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 47°0′N 60°40′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 60.667°W﻿ / 47.000; -60.667﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island 47°0′N 60°25′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 60.417°W﻿ / 47.000; -60.417﻿ (Cabot Strait) Cabot Strait 47°0′N 59°28′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 59.467°W﻿ / 47.000; -59.467﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 56°22′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 56.367°W﻿ / 47.000; -56.367﻿ (St Pierre & Miquelon)  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Miquelon Island 47°0′N 56°17′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 56.283°W﻿ / 47.000; -56.283﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 55°59′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 55.983°W﻿ / 47.000; -55.983﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Island 47°0′N 55°12′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 55.200°W﻿ / 47.000; -55.200﻿ (Placentia Bay) Placentia Bay 47°0′N 54°10′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 54.167°W﻿ / 47.000; -54.167﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Island 47°0′N 52°54′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 52.900°W﻿ / 47.000; -52.900﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 47°0′N 2°17′W﻿ / ﻿47.000°N 2.283°W﻿ / 47.000; -2.283﻿ (France)  France Belle-Île-en-Mer and Île de Noirmoutier and mainland
