title: 66th parallel north
text: # 66th parallel north
  
  The 66th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 66 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 61 km south of the Arctic Circle. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.
  
  This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which midnight sun can last all night near the summer solstice.
  
  At this latitude the sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and 2 hours, 47 minutes during the winter solstice.
  
  ## Around the world
  
  Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 66° north passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 66°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 66.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 11°50′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 11.833°E﻿ / 66.000; 11.833﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Gåsværfjorden, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.000°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.000﻿ (Norway)  Norway Skerries of Steinan, Nordland 66°0′N 12°5′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.083°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.083﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Oddfjorden, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°8′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.133°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.133﻿ (Norway)  Norway Islands and skerries of Vardøya and Ytre Øksningan, Nordland 66°0′N 12°14′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.233°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.233﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Øksningssundet, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°16′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.267°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.267﻿ (Norway)  Norway Hestøya, Nordland 66°0′N 12°17′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.283°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.283﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Hestøysundet, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°18′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.300°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.300﻿ (Norway)  Norway Nord-Herøy, Nordland 66°0′N 12°21′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.350°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.350﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gautholet, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°23′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.383°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.383﻿ (Norway)  Norway Hjartøya, Nordland 66°0′N 12°24′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.400°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.400﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Alstenfjorden, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°33′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.550°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.550﻿ (Norway)  Norway Alsta, Nordland 66°0′N 12°38′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.633°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.633﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Leirfjorden, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°42′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.700°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.700﻿ (Norway)  Norway Alsta, Nordland 66°0′N 12°54′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.900°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.900﻿ (Norwegian Sea) Atlantic Ocean Vefsnfjorden, Norwegian Sea 66°0′N 12°57′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 12.950°E﻿ / 66.000; 12.950﻿ (Norway)  Norway Mainland Nordland 66°0′N 14°33′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 14.550°E﻿ / 66.000; 14.550﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden 66°0′N 24°2′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 24.033°E﻿ / 66.000; 24.033﻿ (Finland)  Finland 66°0′N 30°0′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 30.000°E﻿ / 66.000; 30.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia 66°0′N 34°37′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 34.617°E﻿ / 66.000; 34.617﻿ (White Sea) Arctic Ocean White Sea, Barents Sea 66°0′N 40°54′E﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 40.900°E﻿ / 66.000; 40.900﻿ (Russia)  Russia 66°0′N 179°45′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 179.750°W﻿ / 66.000; -179.750﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea 66°0′N 178°52′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 178.867°W﻿ / 66.000; -178.867﻿ (Russia)  Russia Chukchi Peninsula 66°0′N 170°11′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 170.183°W﻿ / 66.000; -170.183﻿ (Bering Strait) Pacific Ocean Bering Strait 66°0′N 166°58′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 166.967°W﻿ / 66.000; -166.967﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska 66°0′N 141°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 141.000°W﻿ / 66.000; -141.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Yukon Northwest Territories - for about 16 km Yukon - for about 16 km Northwest Territories - for about 9 km Yukon - for about 8 km Northwest Territories - passing through Great Bear Lake Nunavut 66°0′N 86°4′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 86.067°W﻿ / 66.000; -86.067﻿ (Roes Welcome Sound) Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay 66°0′N 85°9′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 85.150°W﻿ / 66.000; -85.150﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - White Island 66°0′N 84°53′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 84.883°W﻿ / 66.000; -84.883﻿ (Frozen Strait) Arctic Ocean Frozen Strait 66°0′N 84°22′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 84.367°W﻿ / 66.000; -84.367﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Vansittart Island 66°0′N 83°52′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 83.867°W﻿ / 66.000; -83.867﻿ (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin 66°0′N 83°33′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 83.550°W﻿ / 66.000; -83.550﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Nunaariatjuaq Island 66°0′N 83°30′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 83.500°W﻿ / 66.000; -83.500﻿ (Foxe Basin) Arctic Ocean Foxe Basin 66°0′N 74°17′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 74.283°W﻿ / 66.000; -74.283﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 66°0′N 67°0′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 67.000°W﻿ / 66.000; -67.000﻿ (Cumberland Sound) Arctic Ocean Cumberland Sound, Labrador Sea 66°0′N 65°57′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 65.950°W﻿ / 66.000; -65.950﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island 66°0′N 61°59′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 61.983°W﻿ / 66.000; -61.983﻿ (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait 66°0′N 53°27′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 53.450°W﻿ / 66.000; -53.450﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Serfartooq 66°0′N 37°50′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 37.833°W﻿ / 66.000; -37.833﻿ (Sermilik) Atlantic Ocean Sermilik, Denmark Strait 66°0′N 35°46′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 35.767°W﻿ / 66.000; -35.767﻿ (Greenland)  Greenland Moroene 66°0′N 35°44′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 35.733°W﻿ / 66.000; -35.733﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Denmark Strait 66°0′N 23°48′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 23.800°W﻿ / 66.000; -23.800﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Westfjords peninsula 66°0′N 20°29′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 20.483°W﻿ / 66.000; -20.483﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Húnaflói 66°0′N 20°31′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 20.517°W﻿ / 66.000; -20.517﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Skagaströnd town on Skagi peninsula 66°0′N 19°56′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 19.933°W﻿ / 66.000; -19.933﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Skagafjörður 66°0′N 19°41′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 19.683°W﻿ / 66.000; -19.683﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Tröllaskagi peninsula 66°0′N 18°47′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 18.783°W﻿ / 66.000; -18.783﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Eyjafjörður by Dalvík town 66°0′N 18°18′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 18.300°W﻿ / 66.000; -18.300﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Flateyjarskagi og Fjörður peninsula 66°0′N 17°58′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 17.967°W﻿ / 66.000; -17.967﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Skjálfandi 66°0′N 17°33′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 17.550°W﻿ / 66.000; -17.550﻿ (Iceland)  Iceland Tjörnes by Húsavík, exiting by Langanes 66°0′N 14°38′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°N 14.633°W﻿ / 66.000; -14.633﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea
  