65th parallel south explained

The 65th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 65 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 22 hours, 2 minutes during the December solstice and 3 hours, 35 minutes during the June solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 65° south passes through:

Coordinates	Continent or ocean	Notes
	Southern Ocean	South of the Atlantic Ocean
		South of the Indian Ocean
		South of the Pacific Ocean
		South of the Atlantic Ocean
	Antarctica	Antarctic Peninsula, claimed by, and
	Southern Ocean	South of the Atlantic Ocean

See also

• 64th parallel south
• 66th parallel south

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daylight or Darkness Duration Table for One Year. aa.usno.navy.mil. 2016-08-30. 2016-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012054249/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/aa_durtablew.pl?form=2&year=2016&task=-1&place=&lon_sign=-1&lon_deg=90&lon_min=0&lat_sign=-1&lat_deg=65&lat_min=0&tz=2&tz_sign=-1. dead.