5th parallel south

The 5th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 5 degrees 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.

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5th parallel south

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 5° south passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
5°0′S 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean
5°0′S 11°59′E  Republic of the Congo For about 7 km
5°0′S 12°2′E  Angola Cabinda exclave
5°0′S 12°38′E  Democratic Republic of the Congo
5°0′S 29°7′E Lake Tanganyika
5°0′S 29°46′E  Tanzania
5°0′S 39°8′E Indian Ocean Pemba Channel
5°0′S 39°40′E  Tanzania Island of Pemba
5°0′S 39°52′E Indian Ocean Passing through the Amirante Islands,  Seychelles
Passing just south of Mahé island,  Seychelles
Passing just north of Peros Banhos atoll,  British Indian Ocean Territory
5°0′S 103°45′E  Indonesia Island of Sumatra
5°0′S 105°52′E Java Sea Passing close by several small islands of  Indonesia
5°0′S 119°28′E  Indonesia Island of Sulawesi
5°0′S 120°18′E Banda Sea Gulf of Boni - passing just north of the island of Kabaena,  Indonesia
5°0′S 122°23′E  Indonesia Islands of Muna and Buton
5°0′S 122°57′E Banda Sea Passing close by several small islands of  Indonesia
5°0′S 137°15′E  Indonesia Island of New Guinea
5°0′S 141°0′E  Papua New Guinea Island of New Guinea
5°0′S 145°47′E Pacific Ocean Bismarck Sea, passing close by several small islands of  Papua New Guinea
5°0′S 151°15′E  Papua New Guinea Island of New Britain
5°0′S 151°57′E Pacific Ocean Solomon Sea
- Passing just south of the island of New Ireland,  Papua New Guinea
- Passing just north of Buka Island,  Papua New Guinea
An unnamed part of the ocean
- Passing just north of Ontong Java Atoll,  Solomon Islands
- Passing just south of Nikumaroro atoll,  Kiribati
5°0′S 81°4′W  Peru Piura
5°0′S 79°3′W  Ecuador For about 4 km at the southernmost point of the country
5°0′S 79°0′W  Peru Cajamarca
Amazonas
Loreto
5°0′S 72°35′W  Brazil Amazonas
Pará
Maranhão
Piauí
Ceará
Rio Grande do Norte
5°0′S 36°50′W Atlantic Ocean

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