The 64th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 64 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.

Line across the Earth
64°
64th parallel north

At this latitude the sun is visible for 21 hours, 1 minute during the summer solstice and 4 hours, 12 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 64° north passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
64°0′N 0°0′E / 64.000°N 0.000°E / 64.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°5′E / 64.000°N 9.083°E / 64.000; 9.083 (Norway)   Norway Islands and skerries of Froan, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°11′E / 64.000°N 9.183°E / 64.000; 9.183 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Frohavet, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 9°49′E / 64.000°N 9.817°E / 64.000; 9.817 (Norway)   Norway Islands and skerries of, and Linesøya, Trøndelag
64°0′N 9°55′E / 64.000°N 9.917°E / 64.000; 9.917 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Linesfjorden and Paulen, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 10°1′E / 64.000°N 10.017°E / 64.000; 10.017 (Norway)   Norway Mainland Trøndelag
64°0′N 11°11′E / 64.000°N 11.183°E / 64.000; 11.183 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Beitstadfjorden, Trondheimsfjorden, Norwegian Sea
64°0′N 11°28′E / 64.000°N 11.467°E / 64.000; 11.467 (Norway)   Norway Trøndelag
64°0′N 12°45′E / 64.000°N 12.750°E / 64.000; 12.750 (Sweden)   Sweden Passing just north of Umeå
64°0′N 20°55′E / 64.000°N 20.917°E / 64.000; 20.917 (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
64°0′N 23°23′E / 64.000°N 23.383°E / 64.000; 23.383 (Finland)   Finland
64°0′N 30°28′E / 64.000°N 30.467°E / 64.000; 30.467 (Russia)   Russia
64°0′N 36°15′E / 64.000°N 36.250°E / 64.000; 36.250 (White Sea) Arctic Ocean Onega Bay, White Sea, Barents Sea
64°0′N 38°4′E / 64.000°N 38.067°E / 64.000; 38.067 (Russia)   Russia
64°0′N 178°40′E / 64.000°N 178.667°E / 64.000; 178.667 (Bering Sea) Arctic Ocean Bering Sea
64°0′N 160°54′W / 64.000°N 160.900°W / 64.000; -160.900 (United States)   United States Alaska - passing through a runway of Allen Army Airfield
64°0′N 141°0′W / 64.000°N 141.000°W / 64.000; -141.000 (Canada)   Canada Yukon - passing 6 km south of Dawson City
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
64°0′N 88°41′W / 64.000°N 88.683°W / 64.000; -88.683 (Roes Welcome Sound) Arctic Ocean Roes Welcome Sound, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 86°34′W / 64.000°N 86.567°W / 64.000; -86.567 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 83°40′W / 64.000°N 83.667°W / 64.000; -83.667 (South Bay) Arctic Ocean South Bay, Hudson Bay
64°0′N 83°9′W / 64.000°N 83.150°W / 64.000; -83.150 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut - Southampton Island
64°0′N 80°36′W / 64.000°N 80.600°W / 64.000; -80.600 (Foxe Channel) Arctic Ocean Foxe Channel
64°0′N 78°2′W / 64.000°N 78.033°W / 64.000; -78.033 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut - Mill Island and neighbouring islands
64°0′N 77°30′W / 64.000°N 77.500°W / 64.000; -77.500 (Hudson Strait) Arctic Ocean Hudson Strait
64°0′N 72°44′W / 64.000°N 72.733°W / 64.000; -72.733 (Canada)   Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
64°0′N 64°40′W / 64.000°N 64.667°W / 64.000; -64.667 (Davis Strait) Arctic Ocean Davis Strait
64°0′N 51°43′W / 64.000°N 51.717°W / 64.000; -51.717 (Greenland)   Greenland Sermersooq
Passing just south of Nuuk
64°0′N 40°38′W / 64.000°N 40.633°W / 64.000; -40.633 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
64°0′N 22°43′W / 64.000°N 22.717°W / 64.000; -22.717 (Iceland)   Iceland Passing just south of Reykjavík
64°0′N 16°17′W / 64.000°N 16.283°W / 64.000; -16.283 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean

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