The 25th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
The northernmost section of the border between Mauritania and Mali is defined by the parallel.[1]
At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 42 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 35 minutes during the winter solstice.[2]
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 25° north passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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25°0′N 0°0′E / 25.000°N 0.000°E | Algeria | |
25°0′N 10°2′E / 25.000°N 10.033°E | Libya | |
25°0′N 25°0′E / 25.000°N 25.000°E | Egypt | |
25°0′N 34°57′E / 25.000°N 34.950°E | Red Sea | |
25°0′N 37°17′E / 25.000°N 37.283°E | Saudi Arabia | |
25°0′N 50°38′E / 25.000°N 50.633°E | Persian Gulf | Gulf of Bahrain |
25°0′N 50°48′E / 25.000°N 50.800°E | Qatar | |
25°0′N 51°38′E / 25.000°N 51.633°E | Persian Gulf | |
25°0′N 55°3′E / 25.000°N 55.050°E | United Arab Emirates | |
25°0′N 56°22′E / 25.000°N 56.367°E | Indian Ocean | Arabian Sea |
25°0′N 66°42′E / 25.000°N 66.700°E | Pakistan | Balochistan - for about 16 km Sindh - passing just north of Karachi |
25°0′N 70°55′E / 25.000°N 70.917°E | India | Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal |
25°0′N 88°24′E / 25.000°N 88.400°E | Bangladesh | |
25°0′N 92°25′E / 25.000°N 92.417°E | India | Assam Manipur |
25°0′N 94°43′E / 25.000°N 94.717°E | Myanmar (Burma) | |
25°0′N 97°43′E / 25.000°N 97.717°E | People's Republic of China | Yunnan - passing just to the south of Kunming Guizhou Guangxi Hunan Guangdong Jiangxi Fujian |
25°0′N 118°59′E / 25.000°N 118.983°E | South China Sea | Taiwan Strait |
25°0′N 121°1′E / 25.000°N 121.017°E | Republic of China (Taiwan) | Island of Taiwan (so claimed by People's Republic of China) - passing just south of Taipei |
25°0′N 121°59′E / 25.000°N 121.983°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing just north of Miyako-jima, Japan Passing just north of Iwo Jima, Japan |
25°0′N 168°0′W / 25.000°N 168.000°W | United States | Passing through the islet of Little Rock, Gardner Pinnacles, Hawaii |
25°0′N 168°0′W / 25.000°N 168.000°W | Pacific Ocean | |
25°0′N 112°12′W / 25.000°N 112.200°W | Mexico | Isla Magdalena Baja California Sur mainland Isla San José |
25°0′N 110°34′W / 25.000°N 110.567°W | Gulf of California | |
25°0′N 108°13′W / 25.000°N 108.217°W | Mexico | Isla Altamura Isla Talchichitle Sinaloa Durango Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas |
25°0′N 97°32′W / 25.000°N 97.533°W | Gulf of Mexico | |
25°0′N 80°32′W / 25.000°N 80.533°W | United States | Island of Key Largo, Florida |
25°0′N 80°31′W / 25.000°N 80.517°W | Atlantic Ocean | Straits of Florida |
25°0′N 78°10′W / 25.000°N 78.167°W | Bahamas | Island of Andros |
25°0′N 77°57′W / 25.000°N 77.950°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
25°0′N 77°33′W / 25.000°N 77.550°W | Bahamas | Island of New Providence - passing just south of Nassau |
25°0′N 77°20′W / 25.000°N 77.333°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
25°0′N 76°9′W / 25.000°N 76.150°W | Bahamas | Island of Eleuthera |
25°0′N 76°8′W / 25.000°N 76.133°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
25°0′N 14°50′W / 25.000°N 14.833°W | Western Sahara | Claimed by Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
25°0′N 12°0′W / 25.000°N 12.000°W | Mauritania | |
25°0′N 6°34′W / 25.000°N 6.567°W | Mauritania / Mali border | |
25°0′N 4°49′W / 25.000°N 4.817°W | Algeria |