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25th parallel south

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25th parallel south

The 25th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 25° south passes through:

Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
25°0′S 0°0′E / 25.000°S 0.000°E / -25.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean
25°0′S 14°50′E / 25.000°S 14.833°E / -25.000; 14.833 (Namibia)  Namibia
25°0′S 20°0′E / 25.000°S 20.000°E / -25.000; 20.000 (South Africa)  South Africa Northern Cape: Northernmost tip in Kalahari
25°0′S 20°20′E / 25.000°S 20.333°E / -25.000; 20.333 (Botswana)  Botswana
25°0′S 25°50′E / 25.000°S 25.833°E / -25.000; 25.833 (South Africa)  South Africa North West
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
25°0′S 32°2′E / 25.000°S 32.033°E / -25.000; 32.033 (Mozambique)  Mozambique
25°0′S 34°4′E / 25.000°S 34.067°E / -25.000; 34.067 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Mozambique Channel
25°0′S 44°2′E / 25.000°S 44.033°E / -25.000; 44.033 (Madagascar)  Madagascar
25°0′S 47°0′E / 25.000°S 47.000°E / -25.000; 47.000 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean
25°0′S 113°7′E / 25.000°S 113.117°E / -25.000; 113.117 (Australia)  Australia Western Australia - Dorre Island
25°0′S 113°7′E / 25.000°S 113.117°E / -25.000; 113.117 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Geographe Channel
25°0′S 113°39′E / 25.000°S 113.650°E / -25.000; 113.650 (Australia)  Australia Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
25°0′S 152°30′E / 25.000°S 152.500°E / -25.000; 152.500 (Coral Sea) Pacific Ocean Coral Sea
25°0′S 153°13′E / 25.000°S 153.217°E / -25.000; 153.217 (Australia)  Australia Queensland - Fraser Island
25°0′S 153°21′E / 25.000°S 153.350°E / -25.000; 153.350 (Coral Sea) Pacific Ocean Coral Sea
25°0′S 164°55′E / 25.000°S 164.917°E / -25.000; 164.917 (Pacific Ocean) Passing just north of Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Island
25°0′S 70°28′W / 25.000°S 70.467°W / -25.000; -70.467 (Chile)  Chile
25°0′S 68°24′W / 25.000°S 68.400°W / -25.000; -68.400 (Argentina)  Argentina
25°0′S 58°8′W / 25.000°S 58.133°W / -25.000; -58.133 (Paraguay)  Paraguay
25°0′S 54°27′W / 25.000°S 54.450°W / -25.000; -54.450 (Brazil)  Brazil Paraná - for about 15 km; passing just north of Curitiba
São Paulo - for about 20 km
25°0′S 47°52′W / 25.000°S 47.867°W / -25.000; -47.867 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean

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