60th parallel south

<h2 id="around-the-world">Around the world</h2>
<p>Starting at the <a href="/facts/Prime_meridian/d8KLy9r2">prime meridian</a> and heading eastwards, the parallel 60° south passes through:
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<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Coordinates</th><th scope="col">Ocean</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_south¶ms=60_0_S_0_0_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian">60°0′S 0°0′E / 60.000°S 0.000°E / -60.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)</a></td><th scope="row">The <a href="/facts/Prime_meridian/d8KLy9r2">Prime Meridian</a></th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_south¶ms=60_0_S_20_0_E_type:waterbody&title=the+boundary+of+the+Atlantic+and+Indian+Oceans">60°0′S 20°0′E / 60.000°S 20.000°E / -60.000; 20.000 (the boundary of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)</a></td><th scope="row">the boundary of the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic</a> and <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian Oceans</a></th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_south¶ms=60_0_S_147_0_E_type:waterbody&title=the+boundary+of+the+Indian+and+Pacific+Oceans">60°0′S 147°0′E / 60.000°S 147.000°E / -60.000; 147.000 (the boundary of the Indian and Pacific Oceans)</a></td><th scope="row">the boundary of the <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian</a> and <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Oceans</a></th><td>Additionally passes through the Pacific Ocean at the <a href="/facts/Drake_Passage/jGoNwUQt">Drake Passage</a> between <a href="/facts/South_America/PhrFEMk7">South America</a> and the <a href="/facts/Antarctic_Peninsula/vpdK27WC">Antarctic Peninsula</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=60th_parallel_south¶ms=60_0_S_67_16_W_type:waterbody&title=the+boundary+of+the+Pacific+and+Atlantic+Oceans">60°0′S 67°16′W / 60.000°S 67.267°W / -60.000; -67.267 (the boundary of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans)</a></td><th scope="row">the boundary of the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific</a> and <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Oceans</a></th><th scope="row">Running close to the southern border of the <a href="/facts/Scotia_Sea/z848m3JL">Scotia Sea</a> and the <a href="/facts/South_Orkney_Islands/d8LaByIN">South Orkney Islands</a>,  <a href="/facts/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands/6N4RScxK">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> (claimed by  <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a>)</th></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/59th_parallel_south/4T1nk246">59th parallel south</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/61st_parallel_south/KzJvmSeX">61st parallel south</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Maxar Technologies (2021). "Southern Thule"  (Map). Google Earth. Retrieved 5 January 2023. <a href="/wiki/Google_Earth" target="_blank">/wiki/Google_Earth</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Sinert, Richard. "The Furious 50s and Screaming 60s". mydaywithbarkly. Retrieved 2009-07-11. <a href="http://mydaywithbarkly.blogspot.com/2006/08/furious-50s-and-screaming-60s.html" target="_blank">http://mydaywithbarkly.blogspot.com/2006/08/furious-50s-and-screaming-60s.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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