Line across the Earth
1°
1st parallel south
The 1st parallel south forms most of Tanzania's northern border with Uganda, and a short section of its border with Kenya.

The 1st parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 1 degree (69.2 miles/111.36 kilometers)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.

The parallel defines most of the border between Uganda and Tanzania, and a very short section of the border between Kenya and Tanzania.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 1° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
1°0′S 0°0′E / 1.000°S 0.000°E / -1.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean
1°0′S 8°52′E / 1.000°S 8.867°E / -1.000; 8.867 (Gabon)  Gabon
1°0′S 14°25′E / 1.000°S 14.417°E / -1.000; 14.417 (Republic of the Congo)  Republic of the Congo
1°0′S 17°20′E / 1.000°S 17.333°E / -1.000; 17.333 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)  Democratic Republic of the Congo
1°0′S 29°35′E / 1.000°S 29.583°E / -1.000; 29.583 (Uganda)  Uganda
1°0′S 30°45′E / 1.000°S 30.750°E / -1.000; 30.750 (Uganda / Tanzania Border)  Uganda /  Tanzania border Mostly in Lake Victoria
1°0′S 33°56′E / 1.000°S 33.933°E / -1.000; 33.933 (Kenya / Tanzania Border)  Kenya /  Tanzania border A short section of the border (about 11 km (6.8 mi)), entirely within Lake Victoria
1°0′S 34°1′E / 1.000°S 34.017°E / -1.000; 34.017 (Kenya)  Kenya Passing about 30 km (19 mi) north of the capital, Nairobi
1°0′S 41°7′E / 1.000°S 41.117°E / -1.000; 41.117 (Somalia)  Somalia
1°0′S 42°2′E / 1.000°S 42.033°E / -1.000; 42.033 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Passing just south of Addu Atoll,  Maldives
1°0′S 98°39′E / 1.000°S 98.650°E / -1.000; 98.650 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Siberut
1°0′S 98°56′E / 1.000°S 98.933°E / -1.000; 98.933 (Mentawai Strait) Mentawai Strait
1°0′S 100°21′E / 1.000°S 100.350°E / -1.000; 100.350 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sumatra - passing just south of Padang
1°0′S 103°59′E / 1.000°S 103.983°E / -1.000; 103.983 (Karimata Strait) Karimata Strait
1°0′S 109°27′E / 1.000°S 109.450°E / -1.000; 109.450 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Islands of Maya Karimata and Borneo
West Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
Passing just south of Nusantara (at 0°58′23″S 116°42′31″E / 0.97306°S 116.70861°E / -0.97306; 116.70861 (Nusantara))
1°0′S 117°8′E / 1.000°S 117.133°E / -1.000; 117.133 (Makassar Strait) Makassar Strait
1°0′S 119°28′E / 1.000°S 119.467°E / -1.000; 119.467 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi
1°0′S 120°30′E / 1.000°S 120.500°E / -1.000; 120.500 (Gulf of Tomini) Gulf of Tomini
1°0′S 121°23′E / 1.000°S 121.383°E / -1.000; 121.383 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi
1°0′S 122°47′E / 1.000°S 122.783°E / -1.000; 122.783 (Banda Sea) Banda Sea
1°0′S 123°12′E / 1.000°S 123.200°E / -1.000; 123.200 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi
1°0′S 123°22′E / 1.000°S 123.367°E / -1.000; 123.367 (Molucca Sea) Molucca Sea
1°0′S 128°19′E / 1.000°S 128.317°E / -1.000; 128.317 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Damar
1°0′S 128°24′E / 1.000°S 128.400°E / -1.000; 128.400 (Halmahera Sea) Halmahera Sea
1°0′S 130°38′E / 1.000°S 130.633°E / -1.000; 130.633 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Islands of Salawati and New Guinea
1°0′S 134°3′E / 1.000°S 134.050°E / -1.000; 134.050 (Cenderawasih Bay) Cenderawasih Bay
1°0′S 134°48′E / 1.000°S 134.800°E / -1.000; 134.800 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Numfor
1°0′S 134°57′E / 1.000°S 134.950°E / -1.000; 134.950 (Cenderawasih Bay) Cenderawasih Bay
1°0′S 135°48′E / 1.000°S 135.800°E / -1.000; 135.800 (Indonesia)  Indonesia Island of Biak
1°0′S 136°8′E / 1.000°S 136.133°E / -1.000; 136.133 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just north of the atolls of Pelleluhu and Heina,  Papua New Guinea
Passing just south of the Kaniet Islands,  Papua New Guinea
Passing just south of Banaba Island,  Kiribati
Passing between the atolls of Nonouti and Tabiteuea,  Kiribati
1°0′S 91°26′W / 1.000°S 91.433°W / -1.000; -91.433 (Ecuador)  Ecuador Island of Isabela
1°0′S 91°4′W / 1.000°S 91.067°W / -1.000; -91.067 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just south of the island of San Cristóbal,  Ecuador
1°0′S 80°51′W / 1.000°S 80.850°W / -1.000; -80.850 (Ecuador)  Ecuador Passing just south of Manta
1°0′S 75°23′W / 1.000°S 75.383°W / -1.000; -75.383 (Peru)  Peru
1°0′S 74°16′W / 1.000°S 74.267°W / -1.000; -74.267 (Colombia)  Colombia
1°0′S 69°25′W / 1.000°S 69.417°W / -1.000; -69.417 (Brazil)  Brazil Amazonas
Roraima
Amazonas
Pará
Amapá
Maranhão
Pará - islands of Grande do Gurupá and Marajó, and the mainland
1°0′S 46°11′W / 1.000°S 46.183°W / -1.000; -46.183 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean

See also

References

  1. ↑ Médard, H. (1 May 2019). ""The Kagera River and the Making of a Contested Boundary: Territorial Legacies and Colonial Demarcations in Buganda (19th–20th Centuries) " with Ikram Kidari". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 52: 11–30.
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