2nd parallel south

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2nd parallel south

The 2nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 2 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

Under this latitude, the illumination time at the summer solstice is 12 hours and 14 minutes, and the illumination time at the winter solstice is 12 hours and 0 minutes

At 2° south latitude, one degree of longitude is equivalent to 111.252 km.

Around the world

Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 2° south passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
2°0′S 0°0′E	Atlantic Ocean
2°0′S 9°21′E	Gabon
2°0′S 12°28′E	Republic of the Congo
2°0′S 12°52′E	Gabon
2°0′S 14°15′E	Republic of the Congo
2°0′S 16°24′E	Democratic Republic of the Congo	The border with Rwanda is in Lake Kivu
2°0′S 29°9′E	Rwanda	Passing just south of Kigali
2°0′S 30°51′E	Tanzania	Passing through Lake Victoria, including Ukerewe Island
2°0′S 35°50′E	Kenya
2°0′S 41°17′E	Indian Ocean
2°0′S 99°33′E	Indonesia	A small island just north of the island of Sipura
2°0′S 99°34′E	Mentawai Strait
2°0′S 100°52′E	Indonesia	Island of Sumatra
2°0′S 104°47′E	Bangka Strait
2°0′S 105°7′E	Indonesia	Island of Bangka
2°0′S 106°8′E	Karimata Strait
2°0′S 110°6′E	Indonesia	Island of Borneo West Kalimantan Central Kalimantan South Kalimantan East Kalimantan
2°0′S 116°27′E	Makassar Strait
2°0′S 119°13′E	Indonesia	Island of Sulawesi
2°0′S 121°27′E	Banda Sea
2°0′S 123°48′E	Indonesia	Island of Salue Besar in the Banggai archipelago
2°0′S 123°51′E	Banda Sea
2°0′S 124°18′E	Indonesia	Islands of Seho and Taliabu
2°0′S 124°33′E	Banda Sea	Passing just south of the island of Mangole, Indonesia
2°0′S 125°53′E	Indonesia	Island of Sanana
2°0′S 125°58′E	Ceram Sea	Passing just south of the island of Gomumu, Indonesia
2°0′S 129°54′E	Indonesia	Island of Misool
2°0′S 130°23′E	Ceram Sea
2°0′S 132°0′E	Indonesia	Islands of New Guinea and Meos Waar
2°0′S 134°25′E	Cenderawasih Bay	Passing just south of the island of Yapen, Indonesia
2°0′S 137°12′E	Indonesia	Island of New Guinea
2°0′S 139°3′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of the Ninigo Islands, Papua New Guinea
2°0′S 146°34′E	Papua New Guinea	Island of Manus
2°0′S 147°11′E	Seeadler Harbour
2°0′S 147°23′E	Papua New Guinea	Los Negros Island
2°0′S 147°24′E	Pacific Ocean	Passing just north of Tong Island, Papua New Guinea Passing just south of Onotoa atoll, Kiribati
2°0′S 80°45′W	Ecuador	Passing just north of Guayaquil
2°0′S 75°57′W	Peru
2°0′S 73°6′W	Colombia
2°0′S 69°32′W	Brazil	Amazonas Pará Maranhão - passing just north of São Luís
2°0′S 44°29′W	Atlantic Ocean

See also

• 1st parallel south
• 3rd parallel south