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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مدار السرطان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مدار السرطان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico_de_Cancro" title="Tropico de Cancro – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Tropico de Cancro" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="কৰ্কট ক্ৰান্তি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="কৰ্কট ক্ৰান্তি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3picu_de_C%C3%A1ncer" title="Trópicu de Cáncer – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Trópicu de Cáncer" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" title="कर्क रेखा – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="कर्क रेखा" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="رأس‌السرطان مداری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رأس‌السرطان مداری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="কর্কটক্রান্তি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কর্কটক্রান্তি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_H%C3%B4e-kui-s%C3%B2a%E2%81%BF" title="Pak Hôe-kui-sòaⁿ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pak Hôe-kui-sòaⁿ" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D2%A1_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Төньяҡ тропик – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Төньяҡ тропик" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Паўночны тропік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўночны тропік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" title="कर्क रेखा – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कर्क रेखा" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_kan_Kanser" title="Tropiko kan Kanser – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Tropiko kan Kanser" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Тропик на Рака – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тропик на Рака" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82" title="བྱང་གི་ལྡོག་ཐིག – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བྱང་གི་ལྡོག་ཐིག" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakova_obratnica" title="Rakova obratnica – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Rakova obratnica" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trovan_ar_C%27hrank" title="Trovan ar C'hrank – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Trovan ar C'hrank" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B2pic_de_C%C3%A0ncer" title="Tròpic de Càncer – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tròpic de Càncer" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obratn%C3%ADk_Raka" title="Obratník Raka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Obratník Raka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofan_Cancr" title="Trofan Cancr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Trofan Cancr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krebsens_vendekreds" title="Krebsens vendekreds – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Krebsens vendekreds" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlicher_Wendekreis" title="Nördlicher Wendekreis – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nördlicher Wendekreis" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4hi_p%C3%B6%C3%B6rijoon" title="Vähi pöörijoon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vähi pöörijoon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Τροπικός του Καρκίνου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τροπικός του Καρκίνου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B2pic_dal_C%C3%A0ncar" title="Tròpic dal Càncar – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Tròpic dal Càncar" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer" title="Trópico de Cáncer – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trópico de Cáncer" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_de_Kankro" title="Tropiko de Kankro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tropiko de Kankro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantzer_tropikoa" title="Kantzer tropikoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kantzer tropikoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مدار رأس‌السرطان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مدار رأس‌السرطان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropique_du_Cancer" title="Tropique du Cancer – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tropique du Cancer" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreeftskearkring" title="Kreeftskearkring – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kreeftskearkring" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer" title="Trópico de Cáncer – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Trópico de Cáncer" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%81%ED%9A%8C%EA%B7%80%EC%84%A0" title="북회귀선 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="북회귀선" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1" title="Հյուսիսային արևադարձ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հյուսիսային արևադարձ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE" title="कर्क रेखा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कर्क रेखा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakova_obratnica" title="Rakova obratnica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rakova obratnica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_di_Kankro" title="Tropiko di Kankro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Tropiko di Kankro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_ti_Kanser" title="Tropiko ti Kanser – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Tropiko ti Kanser" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garis_balik_utara" title="Garis balik utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Garis balik utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvarfbaugur_nyr%C3%B0ri" title="Hvarfbaugur nyrðri – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hvarfbaugur nyrðri" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico_del_Cancro" title="Tropico del Cancro – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tropico del Cancro" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%92_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9F" title="חוג הסרטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חוג הסרטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%95_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%83%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4" title="ಕರ್ಕಾಟಕ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ವೃತ್ತ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕರ್ಕಾಟಕ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ವೃತ್ತ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="ჩრდილოეთი ტროპიკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩრდილოეთი ტროპიკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel%C3%BBya_K%C3%AAvjal%C3%AA" title="Kelûya Kêvjalê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kelûya Kêvjalê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancri_tropicus" title="Cancri tropicus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cancri tropicus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zieme%C4%BCu_tropu_loks" title="Ziemeļu tropu loks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ziemeļu tropu loks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%97%C5%BEio_atogr%C4%85%C5%BEa" title="Vėžio atogrąža – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vėžio atogrąža" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1kt%C3%A9r%C3%ADt%C5%91" title="Ráktérítő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ráktérítő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Северен Повратник – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Северен Повратник" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asorotany_(zana-pehintany)" title="Asorotany (zana-pehintany) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Asorotany (zana-pehintany)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96" title="ഉത്തരായനരേഖ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഉത്തരായനരേഖ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="कर्कवृत्त – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कर्कवृत्त" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مدار السرطان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدار السرطان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garisan_Sartan" title="Garisan Sartan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Garisan Sartan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Мэлхийн зам – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мэлхийн зам" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="မြောက်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မြောက်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreeftskeerkring" title="Kreeftskeerkring – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kreeftskeerkring" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E5%9B%9E%E5%B8%B0%E7%B7%9A" title="北回帰線 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="北回帰線" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krepsens_vendekrets" title="Krepsens vendekrets – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Krepsens vendekrets" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krepsen_sin_vendekrins" title="Krepsen sin vendekrins – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Krepsen sin vendekrins" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_del_C%C3%A0ncer" title="Tropic del Càncer – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Tropic del Càncer" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarara_Kaansarii" title="Sarara Kaansarii – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Sarara Kaansarii" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE" title="ਕਰਕ ਰੇਖਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਰਕ ਰੇਖਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B7_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86" title="خط سرطان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خط سرطان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwrotnik_Raka" title="Zwrotnik Raka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zwrotnik Raka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A2ncer" title="Trópico de Câncer – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Trópico de Câncer" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropicul_Racului" title="Tropicul Racului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Tropicul Racului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Зворотник Рака – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Зворотник Рака" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Северный тропик – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Северный тропик" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/amislic" title="amislic – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="amislic" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="කර්කටක නිවර්තනය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කර්කටක නිවර්තනය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tropic of Cancer" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obratn%C3%ADk_Raka" title="Obratník Raka – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Obratník Raka" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakov_povratnik" title="Rakov povratnik – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Rakov povratnik" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%8E%DA%B5%DB%8C_%D9%82%DA%95%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%B5" title="ھێڵی قڕژاڵ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ھێڵی قڕژاڵ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Северни повратник – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Северни повратник" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakova_obratnica" title="Rakova obratnica – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Rakova obratnica" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kravun_k%C3%A4%C3%A4nt%C3%B6piiri" title="Kravun kääntöpiiri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kravun kääntöpiiri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A4ftans_v%C3%A4ndkrets" title="Kräftans vändkrets – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kräftans vändkrets" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropiko_ng_Kanser" title="Tropiko ng Kanser – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Tropiko ng Kanser" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_12.5_N_0_0_0_W_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′12.5″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.436806°N -0.00000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.436806; -0.00000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Prime Meridian</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Line of northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the circle of latitude. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tropic of Cancer (disambiguation)">Tropic of Cancer (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_12.5_N_0_0_0_W_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′12.5″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.436806°N -0.00000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.436806; -0.00000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Prime Meridian</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg/300px-World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg/450px-World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg/600px-World_map_with_tropic_of_cancer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption>World map showing the Tropic of Cancer</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/350px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/525px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg/700px-Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="186" /></a><figcaption>Relationship of Earth's axial tilt (ε) to the tropical and polar circles</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Tropic of Cancer</b>, also known as the <b>Northern Tropic</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>'s northernmost circle of <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> can be seen <a href="/wiki/Subsolar_point" title="Subsolar point">directly overhead</a>. This occurs on the <a href="/wiki/June_solstice" title="June solstice">June solstice</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> is tilted toward the Sun to its maximum extent.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also reaches 90 degrees below the horizon at solar midnight on the <a href="/wiki/December_Solstice" class="mw-redirect" title="December Solstice">December Solstice</a>. Using a continuously updated formula, the circle is currently 23°26′09.8″ (or 23.43605°) north of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>. </p><p>Its <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> counterpart, marking the most southerly position at which the Sun can be seen directly overhead, is the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn">Tropic of Capricorn</a>. These tropics are two of the five major <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_latitude" title="Circle of latitude">circles of latitude</a> that mark maps of Earth, the others being the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Circle" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Circle" title="Antarctic Circle">Antarctic</a> circles and the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>. The positions of these two circles of latitude (relative to the Equator) are dictated by the tilt of Earth's <a href="/wiki/Rotation_around_a_fixed_axis" title="Rotation around a fixed axis">axis of rotation</a> relative to the <a href="/wiki/Orbital_plane_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orbital plane (astronomy)">plane of its orbit</a>, and since the tilt changes, the location of these two circles also changes. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Geopolitics" title="Geopolitics">geopolitics</a>, it is known for being the southern limitation on the mutual defence obligation of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, as member states of NATO are not obligated to come to the defence of territory south of the Tropic of Cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When this line of latitude was named in the last centuries <a href="/wiki/Common_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Common era">BCE</a>, the Sun was in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Cancer_(astrology)" title="Cancer (astrology)">Cancer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">Crab</a></i>) at the <a href="/wiki/June_solstice" title="June solstice">June solstice</a> (90° <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic_coordinate_system#Ecliptic_longitude" title="Ecliptic coordinate system">ecliptic longitude</a>). Due to the <a href="/wiki/Axial_precession" title="Axial precession">precession of the equinoxes</a>, this is no longer the case; today the Sun is in constellation <a href="/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a> at the June solstice. The word "tropic" itself comes from the Greek "trope (τροπή)", meaning turn (change of direction or circumstance), inclination, referring to the fact that the Sun appears to "turn back" at the solstices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drift">Drift</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Drift"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_(V%C3%ADa_Corta)_Zaragoza-Victoria,_Km_27%2B800.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg/220px-Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg/330px-Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg/440px-Tr%C3%B3pico_de_C%C3%A1ncer_en_M%C3%A9xico_-_Carretera_83_%28V%C3%ADa_Corta%29_Zaragoza-Victoria%2C_Km_27%2B800.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Federal_Highway_83" title="Mexican Federal Highway 83">Carretera 83</a> (Vía Corta) Zaragoza-Victoria, km 27+800. Of the Tropic of Cancer's intersections with Mexican federal highways, this is the only one where it is precisely marked and the drift from 2005 to 2010 can be seen.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tropic of Cancer's position is not fixed, but constantly changes because of a slight wobble in the Earth's longitudinal alignment relative to the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a>, the plane in which the Earth orbits around the Sun. Earth's axial tilt varies over a 41,000-year period from about 22.1 to 24.5 degrees, and as of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> is about 23.4 degrees, which will continue to remain valid for about a <a href="/wiki/Millennium" title="Millennium">millennium</a>. This wobble means that the Tropic of Cancer is currently drifting southward at a rate of almost half an arcsecond (0.468″) of latitude, or 15 m (49 ft), per year. The circle's position was at exactly 23° 27′N in 1917 and will be at 23° 26'N in 2045.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The distance between the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Circle" title="Antarctic Circle">Antarctic Circle</a> and the Tropic of Cancer is essentially constant as they move in tandem. This is based on an assumption of a constant equator, but the precise location of the equator is not truly fixed. See: <a href="/wiki/Equator#Geodesy" title="Equator">equator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt" title="Axial tilt">axial tilt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_latitude#Movement_of_the_Tropical_and_Polar_circles" title="Circle of latitude">circles of latitude</a> for additional details. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>Map all coordinates using</b> <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Tropic_of_Cancer">OpenStreetMap</a> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="show links" data-collapsetext="Hide"> <p><b>Download coordinates as:</b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/kmlexport?article=Tropic_of_Cancer">KML</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=all&titles=Tropic_of_Cancer">GPX (all coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=primary&titles=Tropic_of_Cancer">GPX (primary coordinates)</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://geoexport.toolforge.org/gpx?coprimary=secondary&titles=Tropic_of_Cancer">GPX (secondary coordinates)</a></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div> </div> <p>North of the tropic are the <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Temperate_climate" title="Temperate climate">North Temperate Zone</a>. The equivalent line of latitude south of the Equator is called the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn">Tropic of Capricorn</a>, and the region between the two, centered on the Equator, is the <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropics</a>. </p><p>In the year 2000, more than half of the world's population lived north of the Tropic of Cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the Tropic of Cancer there are approximately 13 hours, 35 minutes of daylight during the summer solstice. During the winter solstice, there are 10 hours, 41 minutes of daylight. </p><p>Using 23°26'N for the Tropic of Cancer, the tropic passes through the following 17 countries (including two disputed territories) and 8 water bodies, starting at the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian" title="Prime meridian">prime meridian</a> and heading eastward: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="140">Coordinates<br />(<a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc" title="Minute and second of arc">1'</a> accuracy ≈ 2 km ≈ 1 mi) </th> <th scope="col">Country, territory or sea </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_0_0_E_type:landmark&title=Prime+Meridian"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 0.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 0.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Prime Meridian</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_11_51_E_type:country&title=Niger"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">11°51′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 11.850°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 11.850</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Niger</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/18px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/27px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_12_17_E_type:country&title=Libya"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">12°17′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 12.283°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 12.283</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Libya</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> </th> <td>The Tropic touches on the northernmost point of <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_15_59_E_type:landmark&title=Northernmost+point+of+Chad"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">15°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 15.983°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 15.983</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Northernmost point of Chad</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_25_0_E_type:country&title=Egypt"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">25°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 25.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 25.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Egypt</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> </th> <td>The Tropic passes through <a href="/wiki/Lake_Nasser" title="Lake Nasser">Lake Nasser</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_35_30_E_type:waterbody&title=Red+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">35°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 35.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 35.500</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Red Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_38_38_E_type:country&title=Saudi+Arabia"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">38°38′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 38.633°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 38.633</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Saudi Arabia</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Madinah_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Madinah Province">AlMedinah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makkah_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Makkah Province">Mecca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riyadh_Province" title="Riyadh Province">ArRiyadh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Saudi_Arabia" title="Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia">The Eastern</a> provinces. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_52_10_E_type:country&title=United+Arab+Emirates"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">52°10′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 52.167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 52.167</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">United Arab Emirates</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_(Emirate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Dhabi (Emirate)">Abu Dhabi</a> emirate only </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_55_24_E_type:country&title=Oman"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">55°24′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 55.400°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 55.400</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Oman</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a> </th> <td>The tropic crosses <a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a>, the country's capital. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_58_46_E_type:waterbody&title=Indian+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">58°46′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 58.767°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 58.767</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Indian Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_68_23_E_type:country&title=India"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">68°23′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 68.383°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 68.383</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">India</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </th> <td>States of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="tpo"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_88_47_E_type:country&title=Bangladesh"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 88.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 88.783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bangladesh</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Khulna_Division" title="Khulna Division">Khulna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhaka_Division" title="Dhaka Division">Dhaka</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Division" title="Chittagong Division">Chittagong</a> divisions </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_91_14_E_type:country&title=India"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">91°14′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 91.233°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 91.233</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">India</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </th> <td>State of <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_91_56_E_type:country&title=Bangladesh"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">91°56′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 91.933°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 91.933</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bangladesh</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Division" title="Chittagong Division">Chittagong Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_92_19_E_type:country&title=India"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">92°19′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 92.317°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 92.317</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">India</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </th> <td>State of <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_93_23_E_type:country&title=Myanmar"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">93°23′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 93.383°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 93.383</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Myanmar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chin_State" title="Chin State">Chin State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sagaing_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagaing Division">Sagaing Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandalay_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandalay Division">Mandalay Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shan_State" title="Shan State">Shan State</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_98_54_E_type:country&title=China"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">98°54′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 98.900°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 98.900</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">China</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </th> <td>Provinces of <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> (passing about 7 km north of the border with <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>), <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_117_8_E_type:waterbody&title=Taiwan+Strait"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">117°8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 117.133°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 117.133</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Taiwan Strait</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait">Taiwan Strait</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_120_8_E_type:country&title=Taiwan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">120°8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 120.133°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 120.133</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Taiwan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hujing_Island" title="Hujing Island">Hujing Island</a> (Huching Island), <a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County">Chiayi County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hualien_County" title="Hualien County">Hualien County</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_121_29_E_type:waterbody&title=Philippine+Sea"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">121°29′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 121.483°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 121.483</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Philippine Sea</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_142_00_E_type:waterbody&title=Pacific+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">142°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 142.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; 142.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pacific Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just south of <a href="/wiki/Necker_Island_(Hawaii)" title="Necker Island (Hawaii)">Necker Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_110_15_W_type:country&title=Mexico"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">110°15′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 110.250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -110.250</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mexico</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> </th> <td>State of <a href="/wiki/Baja_California_Sur" title="Baja California Sur">Baja California Sur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_109_24_W_type:waterbody&title=Gulf+of+California"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">109°24′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 109.400°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -109.400</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gulf of California</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Gulf of California</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_106_35_W_type:country&title=Mexico"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">106°35′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 106.583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -106.583</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mexico</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> </th> <td>States of <a href="/wiki/Sinaloa" title="Sinaloa">Sinaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durango" title="Durango">Durango</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zacatecas" title="Zacatecas">Zacatecas</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD" title="San Luis Potosí">San Luis Potosí</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n" title="Nuevo León">Nuevo León</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tamaulipas" title="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_97_45_W_type:waterbody&title=Gulf+of+Mexico"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">97°45′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 97.750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -97.750</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gulf of Mexico</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing just north of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_83_0_W_type:waterbody&title=Atlantic+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">83°0′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 83.000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -83.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Atlantic Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;">Passing through the <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Florida" title="Straits of Florida">Straits of Florida</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Channel" title="Nicholas Channel">Nicholas Channel</a><br />Passing just south of the <a href="/wiki/Cay_Sal_Bank" title="Cay Sal Bank">Anguilla Cays</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a>)<br />Passing through the <a href="/wiki/Santaren_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Santaren Channel">Santaren Channel</a> and into the open ocean </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_76_0_W_type:country&title=Bahamas"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">76°0′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 76.000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -76.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bahamas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Exuma" title="Exuma">Exuma</a> Islands and <a href="/wiki/Long_Island,_Bahamas" title="Long Island, Bahamas">Long Island</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_75_10_W_type:waterbody&title=Atlantic+Ocean"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°10′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 75.167°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -75.167</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Atlantic Ocean</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> </th> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_15_57_W_type:country&title=Western+Sahara"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">15°57′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 15.950°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -15.950</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Western Sahara</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a> </th> <td>Claimed by <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_12_0_W_type:country&title=Mauritania"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">12°0′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 12.000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -12.000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mauritania</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_6_23_W_type:country&title=Mali"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">6°23′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 6.383°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -6.383</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mali</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tropic_of_Cancer&params=23_26_N_2_23_W_type:country&title=Algeria"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°26′N</span> <span class="longitude">2°23′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.433°N 2.383°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.433; -2.383</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Algeria</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> </th> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate at the Tropic of Cancer is generally hot and dry, except for cooler highland regions in China, marine environments such as Hawaii, and easterly coastal areas, where <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_types#Orographic" title="Precipitation types">orographic rainfall</a> can be very heavy, in some places reaching 4 metres (160 in) annually. Most regions on the Tropic of Cancer experience two distinct seasons: an extremely hot summer with temperatures often reaching 45 °C (113 °F) and a warm winter with maxima around 22 °C (72 °F). Much land on or near the Tropic of Cancer is part of the <a href="/wiki/Sahara_Desert" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahara Desert">Sahara Desert</a>, while to the east, the climate is torrid <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoonal</a> with a short wet season from June to September, and very little rainfall for the rest of the year. </p><p>The highest mountain on or adjacent to the Tropic of Cancer is <a href="/wiki/Yu_Shan" title="Yu Shan">Yu Shan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. It had glaciers descending as low as 2,800 metres (9,190 ft) during the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" title="Last Glacial Maximum">Last Glacial Maximum</a>. At present glaciers still exist around<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Tropic. The nearest currently surviving are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minyong_Glacier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minyong Glacier (page does not exist)">Minyong</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Baishui_Glacier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baishui Glacier (page does not exist)">Baishui</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> to the north and on <a href="/wiki/Iztacc%C3%ADhuatl" class="mw-redirect" title="Iztaccíhuatl">Iztaccíhuatl</a> in Mexico to the south. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circumnavigation">Circumnavigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Circumnavigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the rules of the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a>, for a flight to compete for a round-the-world speed record, it must cover a distance no less than the length of the Tropic of Cancer, cross all <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">meridians</a>, and end on the same airfield where it started. </p><p>The length of the Tropic of Cancer is 36,788 km (22,859 mi):<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle l=2\pi \cos(\varphi )6378137(1-0.00669438(\sin(\varphi ))^{2})^{-0.5}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>l</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>2</mn> <mi>π</mi> <mi>cos</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>φ</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mn>6378137</mn> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>−</mo> <mn>0.00669438</mn> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>sin</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>φ</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <msup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <msup> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>0.5</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle l=2\pi \cos(\varphi )6378137(1-0.00669438(\sin(\varphi ))^{2})^{-0.5}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/055edf18ab8905b47f3c94e917ae8313742274b5" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:50.833ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle l=2\pi \cos(\varphi )6378137(1-0.00669438(\sin(\varphi ))^{2})^{-0.5}}"></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd>where <i>φ</i> is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer</dd></dl> <p>For an ordinary <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> the rules are somewhat relaxed and the distance is set to a rounded value of at least 36,770 kilometres (22,850 mi). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropic_of_Cancer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 191.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 189.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropicofcancer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Road sign south of Dakhla, marking the Tropic of Cancer. The sign was placed by Budapest-Bamako rally participants; thus, the inscription is in English and Hungarian."><img alt="Road sign south of Dakhla, marking the Tropic of Cancer. The sign was placed by Budapest-Bamako rally participants; thus, the inscription is in English and Hungarian." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tropicofcancer.jpg/284px-Tropicofcancer.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tropicofcancer.jpg/426px-Tropicofcancer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tropicofcancer.jpg/568px-Tropicofcancer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="453" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Road sign south of <a href="/wiki/Dakhla,_Western_Sahara" title="Dakhla, Western Sahara">Dakhla</a>, marking the Tropic of Cancer. The sign was placed by <a href="/wiki/Budapest-Bamako" title="Budapest-Bamako">Budapest-Bamako</a> rally participants; thus, the inscription is in English and <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Road Sign near Mehsana City in Gujarat State, India Mehsana, Gujarat"><img alt="Road Sign near Mehsana City in Gujarat State, India Mehsana, Gujarat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg/240px-TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg/360px-TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg/480px-TropicofCancer_JC_IMG_5135.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Road Sign near Mehsana City in Gujarat State, India <a href="/wiki/Mehsana" title="Mehsana">Mehsana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer a few kilometres from Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India"><img alt="Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer a few kilometres from Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg/240px-Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg/360px-Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg/480px-Tropic_of_Cancer_-_a_few_miles_from_Rann_of_Kutch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer a few kilometres from <a href="/wiki/Rann_of_Kutch" title="Rann of Kutch">Rann of Kutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer in Madhya Pradesh, India"><img alt="Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer in Madhya Pradesh, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg/270px-Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg/405px-Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg/540px-Tropic_of_cancer_passes_through_Madhay_Pradesh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sign marking the Tropic of Cancer in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropic_of_cancer_nadia_wb_india.jpg" 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title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker in Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan"><img alt="Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker in Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg/135px-Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg/202px-Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg/270px-Ruisui_Tropic_of_Cancer_Marker_20100204.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" 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