What does 60 degrees north mean?

The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth’s equator. This is where the Earth bulges halfway as much as on the Equator. At this latitude, the Sun is visible for 18 hours, 52 minutes during the June solstice and 5 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice.Click to see full answer. Beside this, what city is 60 degrees north latitude?Anchorage, Alaska, USA 300,950 (2013) Bergen, Norway 277,378 (2015) Yakutsk, Russia 269,601 (2010)Beside above, what is the importance of the 60th parallel? The parallel marks the northern limit of the Southern Ocean (though some organisations and countries, notably Australia, have other definitions) and of the Antarctic Treaty System. It also marks the southern boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Latin American Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. Keeping this in consideration, what country is 60 degrees north and 60 degrees east? The 60th meridian east forms a great circle with the 120th meridian west. From Pole to Pole. Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 41°57′N 60°0′E Turkmenistan 37°2′N 60°0′E Iran 25°23′N 60°0′E Indian Ocean Passing just east of the coast of Oman 60°0′S 60°0′E Southern Ocean Where is 60 north in Alaska? Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home Latitude 60 in Alaska runs across the Kenai Peninsula, just south of Ninilchik and a little more south of Seward. Latitude 60 also runs through the middle of Scotland’s Shetland Islands, the author’s home, lying northeast of Great Britain.