Nearly halfway south, in the Roaring Forties
45°00′S
Earth's equatorial bulge puts the halfway point just south of 45°S. Follow this parallel through almost a whole lap of ocean.
45° is halfway from 0° to 90° on the latitude scale. Measured along Earth's surface from the equator to the South Pole, the midpoint is about 16 km farther south, near 45°08′40″S. The 45th parallel crosses Chile, Argentina, and New Zealand. The vast ocean gaps leave little land to slow the prevailing westerly winds, helping build the region's powerful waves.
- no other land on this parallel
- the reputation is sailors' and pilots'; the app measures nothing about it
Read about Nearly halfway south, in the Roaring Forties
Other interesting latitudes
- Nearly halfway to the North Pole · 45°00′N
- Int’l Latitude Service, 1899 · 39°08′N
- Band of large cities · 33°36′N
- Everest's parallel · 27°59′N
- Challenger Deep · 11°22′N
- Chimborazo · 1°28′S
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