<P> The highest mountain on or adjacent to the Tropic of Cancer is Yushan in Taiwan; though it had glaciers descending as low as 2,800 metres (9,190 ft) during the Last Glacial Maximum, none survive and at present no glaciers exist within 470 kilometres (290 mi) of the Tropic of Cancer; the nearest currently surviving are the Minyong and Baishui in the Himalayas to the north and on Iztaccíhuatl to the south . </P> <P> According to the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 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 meridians, and end on the same airfield where it started . </P> <P> Length of the Tropic on 11 December 2015, at 23 ° 26 ′ 14" N is 36,788 kilometres (22,859 mi). </P> <P> For an ordinary circumnavigation the rules are somewhat relaxed and the distance is set to a rounded value of at least 36,770 kilometres (22,850 mi). </P>

Map with tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn