11th parallel north
The11th parallel northis acircle of latitudethat is 11degreesnorthof theEarth'sequatorial plane.It crossesAfrica,theIndian Ocean,South Asia,Southeast Asia,thePacific Ocean,Central America,South Americaand theAtlantic Ocean.
At this latitude thesunis visible for 12 hours, 46 minutes during thesummer solsticeand 11 hours, 29 minutes during thewinter solstice.[1]
InThailand,a 1966 cabinet resolution restricts the rights of non-Thai companies to conduct mineral exploration or mining operations north of this parallel.[2]
Around the world
[edit]Starting at thePrime Meridianand heading eastwards, the parallel 11° north passes through:
As a border
[edit]TheborderbetweenGhanaand what was thenFrench Upper Volta(nowBurkina Faso) was fixed by treaty between the French and British at the Conference of Paris in 1898, to be the 11th parallel.[3]The border does not follow the boundary exactly, but follows it approximately, crossing over it several times.
References
[edit]- ^"Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year".U.S. Naval Observatory.2019-09-24. Archived fromthe originalon 2019-10-12.Retrieved2021-03-10.
- ^Doing Business in Thailand.By Thailand BLC Publishing Co.;(1988)
- ^Shillington, Kevin(2005). "Burkina Faso (Upper Volta): Nineteenth Century".Encyclopedia of African History.CRC Press.p. 181.ISBN1-57958-245-1.
See also
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