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Brisbane, Queensland, is the Australian state capital closest to the equator. Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, is even closer to the equator, but N.T. is not a state.
Why did you specify northeast of the equator
All of Australia is south of the equator.
Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. It is the closest South America capital city to the equator. Quito is located 00 degrees 14′S.
Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere which is south of the equator.
That point is on the equator (zero latitude) in the western Pacific ocean. -- just east of the Marshall Islands -- about 1,450 miles north-northeast of Suva, the capital of Fiji -- about 1,720 miles southwest of Honolulu -- about 3,390 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia -- about 4,000 miles southeast of Tokyo -- about 4,150 miles southwest of Los Angeles
All of Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere, with the majority of the country positioned below the equator.
Don't the know the northernmost point of Australia, but according to one source, Darwin, Australia, which is on the northern coast of Australia, is 647 nautical miles from the Equator, which translates to 745 miles. Verify if that's true, but it's a start!
Australia is South of the Equator.
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii is the closest US state capital to the equator. The closest U. S. territorial capital to the equator is Hagåtña, Guam.
The capital of Ecuador, Quito, is located on the equator.
It depends upon your starting point. The Great Barrier Reef is south of the equator, and lies off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea.