The 28th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 28 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Mexico the parallel defines the border between the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
This parallel also passes through Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, passing just north of its summit.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 55 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 28° north passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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28°0′N 0°0′E / 28.000°N 0.000°E | Algeria | |
28°0′N 9°55′E / 28.000°N 9.917°E | Libya | |
28°0′N 25°0′E / 28.000°N 25.000°E | Egypt | |
28°0′N 33°27′E / 28.000°N 33.450°E | Red Sea | Gulf of Suez |
28°0′N 33°48′E / 28.000°N 33.800°E | Egypt | Sinai Peninsula - passing just north of Sharm El Sheikh |
28°0′N 34°26′E / 28.000°N 34.433°E | Red Sea | Straits of Tiran |
28°0′N 34°30′E / 28.000°N 34.500°E | Saudi Arabia | Island of Tiran |
28°0′N 34°33′E / 28.000°N 34.550°E | Red Sea | |
28°0′N 35°10′E / 28.000°N 35.167°E | Saudi Arabia | |
28°0′N 48°46′E / 28.000°N 48.767°E | Persian Gulf | |
28°0′N 51°20′E / 28.000°N 51.333°E | Iran | |
28°0′N 62°47′E / 28.000°N 62.783°E | Pakistan | Balochistan Sindh Punjab |
28°0′N 70°21′E / 28.000°N 70.350°E | India | Rajasthan |
28°0′N 70°35′E / 28.000°N 70.583°E | Pakistan | Punjab |
28°0′N 71°54′E / 28.000°N 71.900°E | India | Rajasthan Haryana Rajasthan Haryana Uttar Pradesh |
28°0′N 81°38′E / 28.000°N 81.633°E | Nepal | |
28°0′N 85°57′E / 28.000°N 85.950°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet - for about 14 km |
28°0′N 86°5′E / 28.000°N 86.083°E | Nepal | For about 11 km |
28°0′N 86°12′E / 28.000°N 86.200°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet - for about 30 km |
28°0′N 86°30′E / 28.000°N 86.500°E | Nepal | Mount Everest lies on the parallel as it crosses from Nepal to China |
28°0′N 86°53′E / 28.000°N 86.883°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
28°0′N 88°25′E / 28.000°N 88.417°E | India | Sikkim |
28°0′N 88°50′E / 28.000°N 88.833°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
28°0′N 88°27′E / 28.000°N 88.450°E | Bhutan | |
28°0′N 91°0′E / 28.000°N 91.000°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet - for about 15 km |
28°0′N 91°9′E / 28.000°N 91.150°E | Bhutan | |
28°0′N 91°27′E / 28.000°N 91.450°E | People's Republic of China | Tibet |
28°0′N 92°43′E / 28.000°N 92.717°E | India | Arunachal Pradesh - partly claimed by People's Republic of China |
28°0′N 97°23′E / 28.000°N 97.383°E | Myanmar (Burma) | |
28°0′N 98°8′E / 28.000°N 98.133°E | People's Republic of China | Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Sichuan Guizhou Hunan Jiangxi Fujian Zhejiang - passing through Wenzhou |
28°0′N 120°57′E / 28.000°N 120.950°E | East China Sea | |
28°0′N 129°5′E / 28.000°N 129.083°E | Pacific Ocean | Passing through the Amami Islands, Japan Passing just north of the Bonin Islands, Japan Passing just south of Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands Passing just north of Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii, United States Passing just south of Cedros Island, Mexico |
28°0′N 114°12′W / 28.000°N 114.200°W | Mexico | Baja California/Baja California Sur border |
28°0′N 112°46′W / 28.000°N 112.767°W | Gulf of California | |
28°0′N 111°10′W / 28.000°N 111.167°W | Mexico | Passing 4 km north of Guaymas |
28°0′N 100°0′W / 28.000°N 100.000°W | United States | Texas - mainland and San José Island |
28°0′N 96°54′W / 28.000°N 96.900°W | Gulf of Mexico | |
28°0′N 82°50′W / 28.000°N 82.833°W | United States | Florida - island of Clearwater Beach and the mainland |
28°0′N 80°31′W / 28.000°N 80.517°W | Atlantic Ocean | Passing just south of the island of La Gomera, Spain |
28°0′N 16°42′W / 28.000°N 16.700°W | Spain | Island of Tenerife |
28°0′N 16°38′W / 28.000°N 16.633°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
28°0′N 15°49′W / 28.000°N 15.817°W | Spain | Island of Gran Canaria |
28°0′N 15°22′W / 28.000°N 15.367°W | Atlantic Ocean | Passing just south of the island of Fuerteventura, Spain |
28°0′N 12°32′W / 28.000°N 12.533°W | Morocco | |
28°0′N 8°40′W / 28.000°N 8.667°W | Algeria |