1st parallel south
1st parallel south
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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
[edit]Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 1° south passes through:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.