Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 20° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 20°0′N 0°0′E / 20.000°N 0.000°E / 20.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Mali 20°0′N 2°43′E / 20.000°N 2.717°E / 20.000; 2.717 (Algeria) Algeria 20°0′N 6°27′E / 20.000°N 6.450°E / 20.000; 6.450 (Niger) Niger 20°0′N 15°47′E / 20.000°N 15.783°E / 20.000; 15.783 (Chad) Chad 20°0′N 23°3′E / 20.000°N 23.050°E / 20.000; 23.050 (Libya) Libya 20°0′N 26°0′E / 20.000°N 26.000°E / 20.000; 26.000 (Libya / Sudan border) Libya / Sudan border 20°0′N 25°0′E / 20.000°N 25.000°E / 20.000; 25.000 (Sudan) Sudan The parallel defines the border between the Northern and North Darfur states 20°0′N 37°11′E / 20.000°N 37.183°E / 20.000; 37.183 (Red Sea) Red Sea 20°0′N 40°28′E / 20.000°N 40.467°E / 20.000; 40.467 (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia 20°0′N 55°0′E / 20.000°N 55.000°E / 20.000; 55.000 (Oman) Oman 20°0′N 57°48′E / 20.000°N 57.800°E / 20.000; 57.800 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Arabian Sea - Passing just south of Masirah Island, Oman 20°0′N 72°43′E / 20.000°N 72.717°E / 20.000; 72.717 (India) India Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh
Orissa
Chhattisgarh
Orissa20°0′N 86°23′E / 20.000°N 86.383°E / 20.000; 86.383 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal 20°0′N 92°57′E / 20.000°N 92.950°E / 20.000; 92.950 (Myanmar) Myanmar (Burma) 20°0′N 99°3′E / 20.000°N 99.050°E / 20.000; 99.050 (Thailand) Thailand 20°0′N 100°32′E / 20.000°N 100.533°E / 20.000; 100.533 (Laos) Laos 20°0′N 104°58′E / 20.000°N 104.967°E / 20.000; 104.967 (Vietnam) Vietnam 20°0′N 106°11′E / 20.000°N 106.183°E / 20.000; 106.183 (South China Sea) South China Sea Gulf of Tonkin 20°0′N 110°8′E / 20.000°N 110.133°E / 20.000; 110.133 (China) People's Republic of China Island of Hainan — passing just south of Haikou 20°0′N 110°56′E / 20.000°N 110.933°E / 20.000; 110.933 (South China Sea) South China Sea 20°0′N 122°0′E / 20.000°N 122.000°E / 20.000; 122.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea
- Passing between the Batanes and Babuyan islands, Philippines
- Passing just south of the Maug Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
into an unnamed part of the Ocean20°0′N 155°50′W / 20.000°N 155.833°W / 20.000; -155.833 (United States) United States Hawaii island, Hawaii 20°0′N 155°15′W / 20.000°N 155.250°W / 20.000; -155.250 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 20°0′N 105°31′W / 20.000°N 105.517°W / 20.000; -105.517 (Mexico) Mexico 20°0′N 96°33′W / 20.000°N 96.550°W / 20.000; -96.550 (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche 20°0′N 90°28′W / 20.000°N 90.467°W / 20.000; -90.467 (Mexico) Mexico Yucatán Peninsula 20°0′N 87°28′W / 20.000°N 87.467°W / 20.000; -87.467 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea 20°0′N 77°38′W / 20.000°N 77.633°W / 20.000; -77.633 (Cuba) Cuba 20°0′N 74°52′W / 20.000°N 74.867°W / 20.000; -74.867 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Windward Passage 20°0′N 72°43′W / 20.000°N 72.717°W / 20.000; -72.717 (Haiti) Haiti Island of Tortuga 20°0′N 74°52′W / 20.000°N 74.867°W / 20.000; -74.867 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of the island of Hispaniola, Dominican Republic 20°0′N 16°14′W / 20.000°N 16.233°W / 20.000; -16.233 (Mauritania) Mauritania 20°0′N 5°59′W / 20.000°N 5.983°W / 20.000; -5.983 (Mali) Mali
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