55th parallel north

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55th parallel north

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.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 55° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Germany Island of Sylt, close to Germany's northernmost point
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wadden Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Denmark Jutland (mainland) and the island of Als
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Little Belt
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Denmark Islands of Skarø, Tåsinge and Langeland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Great Belt
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Smålandsfarvandet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Denmark Islands of Sjælland and Møn
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Denmark Island of Bornholm. There is a small memorial at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Kaliningrad Oblast - passing through the Curonian Lagoon
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Lithuania Marijampolė County
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Belarus Vitebsk Region
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Smolensk Oblast
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Region
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Passing just north of Omsk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Passing just south of Novosibirsk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Feklistova Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Bolshoy Shantar Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Bering Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Medny Island,  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Unimak Island and the Alaska Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just south of Dolgoi Island and Unga Island, Alaska,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Nagai Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Little Koniuji Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Dall Island, Sukkwan Island and Prince of Wales Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Clarence Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Annette Island and Duke Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Revillagigedo Channel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Alaska Panhandle
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada British Columbia - Pearse Island and the mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' 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 Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ireland Island of Arranmore and mainland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Northern Ireland (passing through the city of Derry)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Channel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Scotland (passing through Gretna)
England (passing through the Newcastle upon Tyne urban area)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Sea

Notable cities and towns on 55°N

Use as a boundary

The 55th parallel serves as the southern boundary of Nunavik territory in Quebec.

See also

References

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