The 67th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 67 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 50 km north of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

Line across the Earth
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67th parallel north

At this latitude midnight sun lasts from about June 1st to July 10th, and the sun is visible for 1 hour, 30 minutes during the winter solstice. At midnight on the summer solstice, the altitude of the sun is 0.85°.

If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 67°45′ or smaller, every day in the month of March can view both astronomical dawn and astronomical dusk.

Around the world

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 67° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
67°0′N 0°0′E / 67.000°N 0.000°E / 67.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 12°12′E / 67.000°N 12.200°E / 67.000; 12.200 (Vestfjorden) Vestfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°38′E / 67.000°N 13.633°E / 67.000; 13.633 (Vestfjorden) Fugløyfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 13°52′E / 67.000°N 13.867°E / 67.000; 13.867 (Norway)   Norway Høgstjerna, Nordland
67°0′N 14°0′E / 67.000°N 14.000°E / 67.000; 14.000 (Vestfjorden) Atlantic Ocean Sørfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°3′E / 67.000°N 14.050°E / 67.000; 14.050 (Norway)   Norway Mainland Nordland
67°0′N 14°8′E / 67.000°N 14.133°E / 67.000; 14.133 (Vestfjorden) Atlantic Ocean Morsdalsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
67°0′N 14°14′E / 67.000°N 14.233°E / 67.000; 14.233 (Norway)   Norway Mainland Nordland
67°0′N 16°16′E / 67.000°N 16.267°E / 67.000; 16.267 (Sweden)   Sweden north of the Gulf of Bothnia
67°0′N 23°47′E / 67.000°N 23.783°E / 67.000; 23.783 (Finland)   Finland
67°0′N 29°5′E / 67.000°N 29.083°E / 67.000; 29.083 (Russia)   Russia
67°0′N 32°33′E / 67.000°N 32.550°E / 67.000; 32.550 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 32°49′E / 67.000°N 32.817°E / 67.000; 32.817 (Russia)   Russia
67°0′N 41°20′E / 67.000°N 41.333°E / 67.000; 41.333 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea, Barents Sea
67°0′N 44°23′E / 67.000°N 44.383°E / 67.000; 44.383 (Russia)   Russia Kanin Peninsula
67°0′N 45°41′E / 67.000°N 45.683°E / 67.000; 45.683 (Barents Sea) Arctic Ocean Chosha Bay, Barents Sea
67°0′N 47°43′E / 67.000°N 47.717°E / 67.000; 47.717 (Russia)   Russia
67°0′N 71°55′E / 67.000°N 71.917°E / 67.000; 71.917 (Gulf of Ob) Arctic Ocean Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea
67°0′N 73°53′E / 67.000°N 73.883°E / 67.000; 73.883 (Russia)   Russia
67°0′N 172°28′W / 67.000°N 172.467°W / 67.000; -172.467 (Chukchi Sea) Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea
67°0′N 162°51′W / 67.000°N 162.850°W / 67.000; -162.850 (United States)   United States Alaska
67°0′N 141°0′W / 67.000°N 141.000°W / 67.000; -141.000 (Canada)   Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the northernmost point of Great Bear Lake
Nunavut
67°0′N 81°36′W / 67.000°N 81.600°W / 67.000; -81.600 (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin
67°0′N 72°49′W / 67.000°N 72.817°W / 67.000; -72.817 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
67°0′N 62°2′W / 67.000°N 62.033°W / 67.000; -62.033 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
67°0′N 53°40′W / 67.000°N 53.667°W / 67.000; -53.667 (Greenland)   Greenland Russell Glacier
Passing just south of Cape Warming
67°0′N 33°44′W / 67.000°N 33.733°W / 67.000; -33.733 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait
Greenland Sea — passing just south of Kolbeinsey,   Iceland (at 67°8′N 18°41′W / 67.133°N 18.683°W / 67.133; -18.683 (Kolbeinsey))
Norwegian Sea

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