3rd parallel north
Template:Latlongmap The 3rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 3 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 3° north passes through:
Country, territory or sea Notes Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Guinea - passing just south of Bioko, 
Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
Kenya
Passing through Lake Turkana 
Somalia
Indian Ocean Arabian Sea 
Maldives
Indian Ocean 
Indonesia
Sumatra Strait of Malacca 
Malaysia
South China Sea Indonesia
Anambas Islands South China Sea Malaysia
Sarawak, Borneo Indonesia
Borneo Celebes Sea Molucca Sea Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Butaritari atoll, 
Kiribati
Colombia
Gorgona island, and mainland 
Venezuela
Brazil
Guyana
Including territory claimed by Venezuela
Suriname
France
French Guiana Brazil
Atlantic Ocean
See also
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