The 13th parallel of the south latitude is an imaginary line passing along the surface of the southern hemisphere of the Earth . The total length of the parallel is 39,055 kilometers, or about 97% of the length of the equator . The parallel is located 1438 kilometers from the equator and 8564 kilometers from the South Pole [1] [2] .
One degree has a length of 108.484 kilometers [3] .
Goes through
Starting from the Greenwich meridian to the east, the 13th parallel of the southern latitude passes through the Atlantic Ocean , Africa , the Indian Ocean , Australia , Oceania , the Pacific Ocean , South America :
Coordinates Country, Territory or Sea Notes Atlantic Ocean Angola Bengela Wambo
Bie
MoshikoBorder Angola and Zambia Zambia North West Province Copperbelt
DR Congo Upper Katanga Zambia Central province Northern province
Central province
Northern province
Eastern provinceMalawi central region nyasa lake Mozambique Nyasa Cabo Delgado - Passes Through Pemba Bay
Indian Ocean Strait of mozambique France Overseas Department of France Mayotte Indian Ocean Strait of mozambique Madagascar Antsiranana Indian Ocean Timor Sea Australia Northern Territory Gulf of Carpentaria Australia Cape York Queensland Coral sea Passes north of the Torres Islands , Vanuatu Pacific Ocean Passes north of the island of Uvea , Wallis and Futuna Peru Lima Region Ica
Lima Region
Huancavelica
Ayacucho
Cuzco
Madre de dios
PunoBolivia La paz Beni
Brazil Rondonia - about 3 km Bolivia about 12 km Beni Brazil Rondonia
Mato Grosso
Goias
Tocantins
Goias
Tocantins
Goias
Bahia - the mainland, the island of Itaparica and again the mainland (city of Salvador )Atlantic Ocean
See also
- 12th parallel of south latitude
- 14th south latitude parallel
Notes
- ↑ T. Vincenty. Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation (04/1975). Date of treatment May 2, 2009. Archived January 28, 2013.
- ↑ Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude / Longitude points . Date of treatment May 2, 2009. Archived January 28, 2013.
- ↑ Length of a Degree of Latitude and Longitude . National Geospatial Intelligence Agency . Date of treatment May 2, 2009. Archived January 28, 2013.