37th parallel south
Circle of latitude
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The 37th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.
This parallel approximates that latitude at which solar irradiance equals the planetary average,[1] with higher insolation equatorward and lower poleward.
An exploration of the 37th parallel south is the theme of Jules Verne's novel In Search of the Castaways. The phantom reef of Maria Theresa Reef is supposed to lie on this parallel in the Pacific Ocean.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 37° south passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 37°0′S 0°0′E / 37.000°S 0.000°E / -37.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean 37°0′S 20°0′E / 37.000°S 20.000°E / -37.000; 20.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just north of Île Amsterdam. 37°0′S 139°42′E / 37.000°S 139.700°E / -37.000; 139.700 (Australia) Australia South Australia
Victoria
New South Wales37°0′S 149°56′E / 37.000°S 149.933°E / -37.000; 149.933 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea 37°0′S 174°28′E / 37.000°S 174.467°E / -37.000; 174.467 (New Zealand) New Zealand North Island – passing through Auckland just north of Auckland Airport (at 37°0′29″S 174°47′30″E / 37.00806°S 174.79167°E / -37.00806; 174.79167 (Coronel)) 37°0′S 175°16′E / 37.000°S 175.267°E / -37.000; 175.267 (Hauraki Gulf) Pacific Ocean Hauraki Gulf 37°0′S 175°30′E / 37.000°S 175.500°E / -37.000; 175.500 (New Zealand) New Zealand Coromandel Peninsula, North Island – passing through Tairua 37°0′S 175°51′E / 37.000°S 175.850°E / -37.000; 175.850 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 37°0′S 73°33′W / 37.000°S 73.550°W / -37.000; -73.550 (Chile) Chile Santa María Island 37°0′S 73°31′W / 37.000°S 73.517°W / -37.000; -73.517 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 37°0′S 73°11′W / 37.000°S 73.183°W / -37.000; -73.183 (Chile) Chile Bío Bío Region – passing through Coronel (at 37°0′S 73°10′W / 37.000°S 73.167°W / -37.000; -73.167 (Coronel)) 37°0′S 71°9′W / 37.000°S 71.150°W / -37.000; -71.150 (Argentina) Argentina Neuquén Province
Mendoza Province
La Pampa Province
Buenos Aires Province – passing through Pinamar (at 37°0′0″S 56°47′30″W / 37.00000°S 56.79167°W / -37.00000; -56.79167 (Pinamar))37°0′S 56°45′W / 37.000°S 56.750°W / -37.000; -56.750 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of the island of Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
See also
References
- ^ See Nadeau, Alice and McGhee, Richard; ‘A simple formula for a planet’s mean annual insolation by latitude’; Icarus, volume 291, 15 July 2017, pp. 46-50
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