29th parallel north
The 29th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 29 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 18 minutes during the winter solstice. The northernmost extremity in which the moon can pass through the zenith at some point during the 18.6 year Saros cycle lies slightly south of this parallel.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 29° north passes through:Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
Red Sea | Gulf of Suez | |
Sinai Peninsula | ||
Red Sea | Gulf of Aqaba | |
Persian Gulf | ||
Balochistan Punjab | ||
Rajasthan Haryana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | ||
Tibet | ||
Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by | ||
Tibet, for about 12 km | ||
Arunachal Pradesh - for about 17 km, claimed by | ||
Tibet Yunnan Sichuan Chongqing Guizhou Chongqing Guizhou Chongqing Hunan Jiangxi Zhejiang | ||
East China Sea | Passing between the islands of Kaminonejima and Takarajima, | |
Pacific Ocean | ||
Guadalupe Island | ||
Pacific Ocean | ||
Baja California | ||
Gulf of California | ||
Isla Ángel de la Guarda | ||
Gulf of California | ||
Tiburón Island and the mainland - passing just south of Hermosillo | ||
Texas - for about 17 km | ||
Texas | ||
Gulf of Mexico | ||
Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana | ||
Gulf of Mexico | ||
Florida | ||
Atlantic Ocean | Passing just north of the island of La Palma, | |
Island of Lanzarote | ||
Atlantic Ocean | ||