title: 27th parallel south
text: # 27th parallel south
  
  The 27th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.
  
  At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice and 10 hours, 24 minutes during the June solstice.
  
  ## Around the world
  
  Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° south passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 27°0′S 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 0.000°E﻿ / -27.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean 27°0′S 15°14′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 15.233°E﻿ / -27.000; 15.233﻿ (Namibia)  Namibia 27°0′S 20°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 20.000°E﻿ / -27.000; 20.000﻿ (South Africa)  South Africa Northern Cape, also North West, Free State and Mpumalanga 27°0′S 30°58′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 30.967°E﻿ / -27.000; 30.967﻿ (Swaziland)  Eswatini 27°0′S 31°59′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 31.983°E﻿ / -27.000; 31.983﻿ (South Africa)  South Africa KwaZulu-Natal (bordering Eswatini) 27°0′S 32°52′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 32.867°E﻿ / -27.000; 32.867﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 27°0′S 113°49′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 113.817°E﻿ / -27.000; 113.817﻿ (Australia)  Australia Western Australia South Australia Queensland - mainland and Bribie Island 27°0′S 153°10′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 153.167°E﻿ / -27.000; 153.167﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia Passing just north of Easter Island, Chile 27°0′S 70°47′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 70.783°W﻿ / -27.000; -70.783﻿ (Chile)  Chile 27°0′S 68°18′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 68.300°W﻿ / -27.000; -68.300﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina Passing near the cities of Resistencia (27°27′05″S 58°59′12″W), Corrientes (27°29′S 58°49′W) and Posadas (27°22′S 55°54′W). 27°0′S 58°30′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 58.500°W﻿ / -27.000; -58.500﻿ (Paraguay)  Paraguay 27°0′S 55°25′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 55.417°W﻿ / -27.000; -55.417﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina 27°0′S 53°44′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 53.733°W﻿ / -27.000; -53.733﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Santa Catarina 27°0′S 48°35′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°S 48.583°W﻿ / -27.000; -48.583﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
  