Coordinates: 60°S 0°W / 60°S 0°W
The 60th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. No land lies on the parallel - it crosses nothing but ocean.
The parallel marks the northern limit of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Treaty System. It also marks the southern boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
The latitudes below this parallel are often referred to as the Screaming 60's due to the prevailing, high-speed, westerly winds which can generate large waves in excess of 50 feet and peak wind speeds over 90mph.[1]
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 60° south passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 60°0′S 0°0′E / 60°S 0°E Atlantic Ocean / Southern Ocean boundary 60°0′S 20°0′E / 60°S 20°E Indian Ocean / Southern Ocean boundary 60°0′S 147°0′E / 60°S 147°E Pacific Ocean / Southern Ocean boundary 60°0′S 67°16′W / 60°S 67.267°W Atlantic Ocean / Southern Ocean boundary Passing through the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula
Passing just south of the island of Southern Thule,
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
See also
- ^ Sinert, Richard. "The Furious 50's and Screaming 60's". mydaywithbarkly. http://mydaywithbarkly.blogspot.com/2006/08/furious-50s-and-screaming-60s.html. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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