40th parallel south
Circle of latitude
40°
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The 40th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 40 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Oceania, the Pacific Ocean and South America. Its long oceanic stretches are the northern domain of the Roaring Forties.
On 21 June 2018, the sun is at 26.17° in the sky and at 73.83° on 21 December, in King Island, Tasmania, which is near the 40th parallel.[1][2]
The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 35.00º in April and > 28.00º in May.
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 40° south passes through:
Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 40°0′S 0°0′E / 40.000°S 0.000°E / -40.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean 40°0′S 20°0′E / 40.000°S 20.000°E / -40.000; 20.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 40°0′S 143°53′E / 40.000°S 143.883°E / -40.000; 143.883 (Australia) Australia King Island, Tasmania 40°0′S 144°7′E / 40.000°S 144.117°E / -40.000; 144.117 (Bass Strait) Indian Ocean Bass Strait 40°0′S 147°53′E / 40.000°S 147.883°E / -40.000; 147.883 (Australia) Australia Flinders Island, Tasmania 40°0′S 148°17′E / 40.000°S 148.283°E / -40.000; 148.283 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea 40°0′S 175°03.41′E / 40.000°S 175.05683°E / -40.000; 175.05683 (New Zealand) New Zealand Manawatū-Whanganui region
seaboard 5km southeast of Whanganui Airport40°0′S 175°30.56676′E / 40.000°S 175.50944600°E / -40.000; 175.50944600 (New Zealand) New Zealand Manawatū-Whanganui region
State Highway 1 near Rata village40°0′S 175°50.6793′E / 40.000°S 175.8446550°E / -40.000; 175.8446550 (New Zealand) New Zealand Manawatū-Whanganui region
Orua River Valley 4 km south of Āpiti40°0′S 175°50.6793′E / 40.000°S 175.8446550°E / -40.000; 175.8446550 (New Zealand) New Zealand Manawatū-Whanganui region
Te Pohatu (1232 metres) Ruahine Range40°0′S 176°33.265′E / 40.000°S 176.554417°E / -40.000; 176.554417 (New Zealand) New Zealand Hawke's Bay region
passing through Waipukurau40°0′S 176°54.224160′E / 40.000°S 176.903736000°E / -40.000; 176.903736000 (New Zealand) New Zealand Hawke's Bay region
eastern seaboard40°0′S 180°0′E / 40.000°S 180.000°E / -40.000; 180.000 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 40°0′S 73°42′W / 40.000°S 73.700°W / -40.000; -73.700 (Chile) Chile Los Ríos Region – passing through Punta Galera and Pirihueico Lake 40°0′S 71°40′W / 40.000°S 71.667°W / -40.000; -71.667 (Argentina) Argentina Neuquén Province
Río Negro Province
Buenos Aires Province40°0′S 62°20′W / 40.000°S 62.333°W / -40.000; -62.333 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
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