Tropic of Capricorn
23°26′S
Andes, Kalahari, outback: the southern dry belt.
At the December solstice, the sun is directly overhead at noon here: the southern limit of the tropics. Earth's slowly changing tilt moves the line about 15 m toward the equator each year.
- São Paulo's center sits about 13 km south of the line
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Named latitudes
- Arctic Circle · 66°34′N
- Tropic of Cancer · 23°26′N
- The Equator · 0°00′
- Antarctic Circle · 66°34′S
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