Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 61° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 61°0′N 0°0′E / 61.000°N 0.000°E / 61.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean Defines the border between North Sea and Norwegian Sea 61°0′N 4°40′E / 61.000°N 4.667°E / 61.000; 4.667 (Norway) Norway Islands of Ytre Sula and Hiserøyna, and the mainland 61°0′N 12°14′E / 61.000°N 12.233°E / 61.000; 12.233 (Sweden) Sweden 61°0′N 17°13′E / 61.000°N 17.217°E / 61.000; 17.217 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia 61°0′N 21°17′E / 61.000°N 21.283°E / 61.000; 21.283 (Finland) Finland 61°0′N 28°41′E / 61.000°N 28.683°E / 61.000; 28.683 (Russia) Russia Passing through Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and by the approximate hypocentre of the 1908 Tunguska event 61°0′N 156°5′E / 61.000°N 156.083°E / 61.000; 156.083 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Gizhigin Bay 61°0′N 159°53′E / 61.000°N 159.883°E / 61.000; 159.883 (Russia) Russia 61°0′N 161°10′E / 61.000°N 161.167°E / 61.000; 161.167 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Penzhin Bay 61°0′N 163°30′E / 61.000°N 163.500°E / 61.000; 163.500 (Russia) Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 61°0′N 172°11′E / 61.000°N 172.183°E / 61.000; 172.183 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 61°0′N 165°10′W / 61.000°N 165.167°W / 61.000; -165.167 (United States) United States Alaska 61°0′N 151°30′W / 61.000°N 151.500°W / 61.000; -151.500 (Cook Inlet) Cook Inlet 61°0′N 150°31′W / 61.000°N 150.517°W / 61.000; -150.517 (United States) United States Alaska - Kenai Peninsula 61°0′N 150°19′W / 61.000°N 150.317°W / 61.000; -150.317 (Cook Inlet) Cook Inlet Turnagain Arm 61°0′N 149°39′W / 61.000°N 149.650°W / 61.000; -149.650 (United States) United States Alaska 61°0′N 141°0′W / 61.000°N 141.000°W / 61.000; -141.000 (Canada) Canada Yukon
Northwest Territories - passing through the Great Slave Lake
Nunavut61°0′N 94°10′W / 61.000°N 94.167°W / 61.000; -94.167 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 61°0′N 77°59′W / 61.000°N 77.983°W / 61.000; -77.983 (Canada) Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula
Nunavut - Diana Island61°0′N 69°55′W / 61.000°N 69.917°W / 61.000; -69.917 (Diana Bay) Diana Bay 61°0′N 69°40′W / 61.000°N 69.667°W / 61.000; -69.667 (Canada) Canada Quebec - Ungava Peninsula 61°0′N 69°28′W / 61.000°N 69.467°W / 61.000; -69.467 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait 61°0′N 64°43′W / 61.000°N 64.717°W / 61.000; -64.717 (Davis Strait) Davis Strait 61°0′N 48°24′W / 61.000°N 48.400°W / 61.000; -48.400 (Greenland) Greenland 61°0′N 42°41′W / 61.000°N 42.683°W / 61.000; -42.683 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Out Stack, Muckle Flugga and Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
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