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4 unusual facts about 60th parallel south


60th parallel south

The closest land is a group of rocks north of Coronation Island (Melson Rocks or Governor Islands) of the South Orkney Islands, which are about 54 km south of the parallel, and Cook Island of the South Sandwich Islands, which is about 57 km north of the parallel.

Antarctic toothfish

The habitat of the Antarctic toothfish is in subzero degree water below latitude 60°S.

Cape Leeuwin

In Australia, the Cape is considered the point where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean; however most other nations and bodies consider the Southern Ocean to only exist south of 60°S.

Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen

However, the Antarctic Treaty defines Antarctica as any territory located South of the 60th parallel, which excludes South Georgia.



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