Circles of latitude between the 50th parallel north and the 55th parallel north
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Following are circles of latitude between the 50th parallel north and the 55th parallel north:
51st parallel north
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The 51st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 51 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 33 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 55 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Capital cities between the 51st and 52nd parallels are London and Astana.
Russian America 1799–1824/25
[edit | edit source]In 1799 Paul I, Tsar of the Russian Empire, issued a ukase creating the Russian-American Company (RAC). It was granted monopolistic control north of the 55th parallel north, which had been the Russian claim since 1790, as well as the right to operate and occupy territory to the south as long as the lands had not been previously occupied, or dependent on any other nation.[2] In 1821 the RAC's charter was renewed and at the same time an ukase proclaimed that Russian sovereignty extended south to the 51st parallel, and that waters north of that line were closed to foreign shipping. The ukase was met with strong objections by the United States and Great Britain. Subsequent negotiations resulted in a clear and permanent boundary for Russian America, the southward terminus of which was established at 54°40′ north.[3]
Around the world
[edit | edit source]Starting at the Prime Meridian (just north of the Sheffield Park Garden in East Sussex, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 51° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
United Kingdom
England: East Sussex, Kent (just south of Dover) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Strait of Dover Crosses the Channel Tunnel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
France
Nord-Pas-de-Calais — passing just south of Dunkirk and the northernmost point of France Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Passing all 5 provinces of Flanders Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Limburg — for about 10 km (6.2 mi) — passing through Sittard Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia — passing through northern Cologne
Hesse
Thuringia — passing through Erfurt
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Saxony — passing just south of DresdenLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
Czech Republic
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
Saxony Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland For about 4 km (2.5 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Czech Republic
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland For about 3 km (1.9 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Czech Republic
For about 3 km (1.9 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Passing just south of Wrocław Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
Ukraine
Volyn oblast — passing just north of Lutsk
Rivne Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast — passing just north of Korosten
Kyiv Oblast — passing through Kyiv Reservoir
Chernihiv Oblast — passing just south of Nizhyn
Sumy Oblast — passing just north of SumyLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan Region — passing just south of Oral, Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 25 km (15.5 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 14 km (8.7 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 118 km (73 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 11 km (6.8 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 9 km (5.5 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 39 km (24 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 32 km (19.8 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 61 km (37 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 199 km (123 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Kostanay Region Akmola Region — passing just south of Derzhavinsk
Passing just south of Astana
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 42 km (26 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 42 km (26 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 143 km (89 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 5 km (3.1 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 2 km (1.2 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 15 km (9.3 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Passing Lake Khövsgöl Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
HeilongjiangLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Strait of Tartary Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Island of Sakhalin Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Kamchatka Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Amatignak Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Passing just north of Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
Canada
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia — passing through city of Revelstoke
Alberta — passing through city of Calgary
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - passing just south of the city of Dauphin
Ontario - passing just south of the town of Red Lake
Passing just south of the tip of James Bay (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
QuebecLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Gulf of Saint Lawrence Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Groais Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
England — Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire (passing just north of Southampton), West Sussex, East Sussex
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52nd parallel north
[edit | edit source]52nd parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 52 ], [ 1800, 52 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)
The 52nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 52 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Canada, part of the legally defined border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is defined by the parallel, though Quebec maintains a dormant claim to some of the territory north of this line.[4]
The catchment area of London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, can be broadly defined by the 51st and 52nd parallels.[citation needed]
At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 44 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 45 minutes during the winter solstice.[5]
Around the world
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Starting at the Prime Meridian (just west of the village of Barkway in Hertfordshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 52° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
England - passing just south of Ipswich Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Provinces of South Holland, Utrecht and Gelderland, including directly through the cities of Delft,[6] Gouda, Nieuwegein, and Arnhem. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
States of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland passing just north of Zielona Góra, and through Biała Podlaska Airport Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Ukraine
Chernihiv Oblast
Sumy Oblast — passing just north of ShostkaLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Passing through Lake Baikal Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
HeilongjiangLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Strait of Tartary Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Island of Sakhalin Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Kamchatka Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Kiska Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Segula Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Khvostof Island, Davidof Island and Little Sitkin Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Semisopochnoi Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Tanaga Island and Kanaga Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Adak Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Great Sitkin Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Igitkin Island, Tagalak Island and Oglodak Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Atka Island and Amlia Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia - Kunghit Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Queen Charlotte Sound Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia - Hunter Island, King Island and the mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - including Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg
OntarioLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. James Bay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Nunavut - Charlton Island and Carey Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. James Bay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
Quebec / Newfoundland and Labrador border (disputed by Quebec)[4]
Newfoundland and LabradorLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Atlantic Ocean Strait of Belle Isle Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador - Belle Isle Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Passing directly through the country's highest point Carrauntoohil, County Kerry, County Cork, County Waterford Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. St George's Channel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
Wales
England - passing between Bletchley and Milton Keynes at 0° 44′ W
53rd parallel north
[edit | edit source]53rd parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 53 ], [ 1800, 53 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)
The 53rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 53 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 56 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 34 minutes during the winter solstice. Approximately 53°20′ North, 37 km (23 mi) north of this parallel, during the June summer solstice, the sun is visible for 17 hours exactly. If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 53°47′ or smaller, it is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of August.[7]
One minute of longitude along the 53rd parallel is approximately 0.6042 nautical miles (1,224 yd; 1.119 km). One degree of longitude along the 53rd parallel is about 36.252 nautical miles (41.72 mi; 67.14 km).
Around the world
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Starting at the Prime Meridian (northeast of Boston, Lincolnshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 53° north passes through:
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| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | United Kingdom
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England |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | North Sea | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Island of Texel (Province of North Holland) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Wadden Sea | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Provinces of Friesland, Drenthe and Groningen |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Germany
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Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt (for about 10 km (6.2 mi)), Brandenburg |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | West Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus | Grodno Region |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Bryansk Oblast |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | For about 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | For about 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | For about 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | For about 18 km (11 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | For about 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | For about 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | Kostanay Region |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Passing through Lake Baikal |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Amur Oblast |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Strait of Tartary | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Island of Sakhalin |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Kamchatka Peninsula |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Pacific Ocean | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Alaska – Attu Island |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Bering Sea | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Alaska – Kagamil Island |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Bering Sea | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Alaska - Umnak Island, Alaska |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Pacific Ocean | Gulf of Alaska |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Canada
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British Columbia – Hibben Island, Moresby Island and Louise Island |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Hecate Strait | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Canada
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| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | James Bay | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Canada
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| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
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| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Irish Sea | |
| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | United Kingdom
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54th parallel north
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The 54th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 54 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude, the sun is visible for 17 hours, 9 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice.[7]
Around the world
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Starting at the Prime Meridian (in the North Sea southeast of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 54° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
State of Schleswig-Holstein Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Baltic Sea Bay of Lübeck Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Baltic Sea Bay of Wismar Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
Island of Poel, mainland, and island of Usedom Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Baltic Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Island of Wolin, and mainland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. 
Lithuania
Alytus County Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus For about 7 km (4.3 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Lithuania
For about 8 km (5.0 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Passing just north of Minsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Smolensk Oblast Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Kostanay Region Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 5 km (3.1 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 7 km (4.3 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 4 km (2.5 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 6 km (3.7 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 8 km (5.0 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 14 km (8.7 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia For about 19 km (12 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan For about 15 km (9.3 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Passing through Lake Baikal Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Sakhalin Gulf Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Island of Sakhalin Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Kamchatka Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska - Unalaska Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just north of Unalga Island, and just south of Akutan Island, Rootok Island, Avatanak Island and Tigalda Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia - Graham Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Hecate Strait Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia - Porcher Island, Kennedy Island Conservancy and the mainland - passing through the port of Kitimat and 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Prince George
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - passing just North of The Pas and Norway House
OntarioLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. James Bay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland and LabradorLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Achill Island
Irish mainland:- County Mayo
- Lough Conn
- County Mayo
- County Sligo
- County Roscommon
- Lough Key
- County Roscommon
- County Leitrim
- County Cavan (including Cavan Town at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- County Monaghan
- County Louth (including Dundalk at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Dundalk Bay For about 4.4 km (2.7 mi) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Cooley Peninsula (12 km (7.5 mi)) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Irish Sea Passing just south of the File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
England inc. Harrogate at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Sea
55th parallel north
[edit | edit source]55th parallel north (<maplink zoom="1" text="interactive map" class="no-icon">{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { "stroke": "#f00" }, "geometry": { "coordinates": [ [ -1800, 55 ], [ 1800, 55 ] ], "type": "LineString" } }</maplink>)
The 55th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 55 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 17 hours, 22 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 10 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which nautical twilight can last all night near the summer solstice.
The 55th parallel serves as the southern boundary of Nunavik territory in Quebec.
A large luxury apartment complex in Newcastle upon Tyne was named "55 Degrees North" due to the location of the city on the 55th parallel.[8] A BBC TV series called "55 Degrees North" is a fictional police drama set in the same city.
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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 55° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Germany
Island of Sylt, close to Germany's northernmost point Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Wadden Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Jutland (mainland) and the island of Als Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Little Belt Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Islands of Skarø, Tåsinge and Langeland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Great Belt Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Smålandsfarvandet Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Islands of Sjælland and Møn Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Baltic Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Island of Bornholm. There is a small memorial at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Baltic Sea Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Kaliningrad Oblast – passing through the Curonian Lagoon Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Lithuania
Marijampolė County Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Vitebsk Region Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Smolensk Oblast, Passing just north of Buinsk, Tatarstan, File:Flag of Tatarstan.svg Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Region Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Passing just north of Omsk at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Passing just south of Novosibirsk at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Feklistova Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Bolshoy Shantar Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Sea of Okhotsk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Kamchatka Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Bering Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Medny Island, File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Unimak Island and the Alaska Peninsula Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska – passing just south of Dolgoi Island and Unga Island, Alaska, File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Nagai Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Little Koniuji Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Dall Island, Sukkwan Island and Prince of Wales Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Clarence Strait Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Annette Island and Duke Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Revillagigedo Channel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Alaska – Alaska Panhandle Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
British Columbia – Pearse Island and the mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
OntarioLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Hudson Bay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador – for about 12 km
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador – for about 5 km
Quebec – for about 3 km
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador – mainland and the Adlavik IslandsLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Island of Arranmore and mainland Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
Northern Ireland (passing through the city of Derry) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Channel Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. United Kingdom
Scotland (passing through Gretna)
England (passing through the Newcastle upon Tyne urban area)Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. North Sea
Notable cities and towns on 55°N
[edit | edit source]- Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
- Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
- Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia
- Moscow, Russia
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Odense, Denmark
- Klaipėda, Lithuania
- Šiauliai, Lithuania
- Panevėžys, Lithuania
- Daugavpils, Latvia
- Vitebsk, Belarus
- Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
- South Shields, England, UK.
- Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
- Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
See also
[edit | edit source]- Circles of latitude between the 45th parallel north and the 50th parallel north
- Circles of latitude between the 55th parallel north and the 60th parallel north
- Parallel 54°40′ north
References
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