Following are circles of latitude between the 55th parallel north and the 60th parallel north:

56th parallel north

The 56th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 56 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, 37 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 57 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 56° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 0°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 8°7′E ! scope="row" | | Jutland (mainland) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 10°17′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 10°33′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Samsø, passing through the northern tip for about 400 meters |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 10°33′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 11°55′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Sjælland, passing just south of Helsingør |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 12°35′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Øresund | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 12°43′E ! scope="row" | | Scania, passing just south of Helsingborg |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 14°27′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hanöbukten | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 14°37′E ! scope="row" | | Blekinge |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 14°44′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 21°4′E ! scope="row" | | Klaipėda County |- | 56°0′N 25°52′E ! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Daugavpils |- | 56°0′N 27°49′E ! scope="row" | | Vitebsk Region |- | 56°0′N 28°43′E ! scope="row" | | For about 13 km |- | 56°0′N 28°55′E ! scope="row" | | For about 17 km |- | 56°0′N 29°12′E ! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Moscow |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 137°25′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 155°40′E ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 162°5′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 160°34′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - the Alaska Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 158°25′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska - passing just south of the Semidi Islands, and just north of Chirikof Island, Alaska,
Passing just south of Kuiu Island, Alaska, |-valign="top" | 56°0′N 133°35′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kosciusko Island, Prince of Wales Island, Etolin Island and the Alaska Panhandle |-valign="top" | 56°0′N 130°1′W ! scope="row" | | British Columbia - passing 2.5 km south of Hudson's Hope
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - passing just North of Thompson
Ontario - passing just north of Fort Severn |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 87°26′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 79°53′W ! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 78°59′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | 56°0′N 76°46′W ! scope="row" | | Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 60°49′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 6°0′W ! scope="row" | | Scotland - Island of Jura |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 5°48′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sound of Jura | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 56°0′N 5°41′W ! scope="row" | | Scotland, passing through Helensburgh and then Falkirk town centre |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 3°21′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Firth of Forth | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Forth Bridge, and just north of Edinburgh |- | 56°0′N 2°53′W ! scope="row" | | Scotland, passing through Dunbar |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 56°0′N 2°30′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |}

57th parallel north

The 57th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 57 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, 53 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice. On June 21, the sun is at 56.44 degrees in the sky and on December 21, the sun is at 9.56 degrees in the sky. During the summer solstice, nighttime does not get beyond nautical twilight, a condition which lasts throughout the month of June. It is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of April.[2]

The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 18.00º in October and > 11.00º in November.

The only capital city on the 57th parallel north is Riga.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 57° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or ocean ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 0°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |- | 57°0′N 8°26′E ! scope="row" | | North Jutlandic Island and Jutland mainland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 10°21′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat |- | 57°0′N 12°21′E ! scope="row" | | Halland, Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar counties |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 16°32′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kalmar Strait, Baltic Sea |- | 57°0′N 16°47′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Öland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 16°55′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 57°0′N 18°13′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Gotland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 18°24′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 57°0′N 21°22′E ! scope="row" | | Courland, Semigallia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 23°32′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea |- | 57°0′N 23°54′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Riga. Vidzeme, Latgale |- | 57°0′N 27°43′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Ivanovo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 138°45′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | 57°0′N 156°31′E ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 162°51′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea
Passing just south of Otter Island and Saint Paul Island, Alaska, |- | 57°0′N 158°40′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Alaska Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 156°33′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska |- | 57°0′N 154°32′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 153°17′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska |- | 57°0′N 135°50′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kruzof Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 135°45′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sitka Sound |- | 57°0′N 135°15′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Baranof Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 134°43′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" rowspan="2" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chatham Strait
Passing just south of Admiralty Island, Alaska, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 134°30′W | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Frederick Sound |- | 57°0′N 134°0′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kupreanof Island and the Alaska Panhandle |- | 57°0′N 132°3′W ! scope="row" | | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 89°54′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
Passing just north of the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, |- | 57°0′N 76°42′W ! scope="row" | | Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 61°22′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 57°0′N 7°31′W ! scope="row" | | Island of Barra, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 7°22′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of the Hebrides |- | 57°0′N 6°27′W ! scope="row" | | Island of Rùm, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 6°15′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of the Hebrides |- | 57°0′N 5°50′W ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 57°0′N 2°10′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |}

58th parallel north

The 58th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 58 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 18 hours, 11 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 27 minutes during the winter solstice.[3]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 58° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or ocean ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 0°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 58°0′N 6°59′E ! scope="row" | | Markøy and Austre Seli, Vest-Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 7°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |- | 58°0′N 7°2′E ! scope="row" | | Lindesnes peninsula, Vest-Agder
Passing 2.3 km (1.4 mi) north of mainland Norway's southernmost point |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 7°6′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak
Passing between Våre Island to the north and Udvåre Island to the south, Vest-Agder |- | 58°0′N 7°20′E ! scope="row" | | Hille Island, Vest-Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 7°23′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak |- | 58°0′N 7°30′E ! scope="row" | | Skjernøy Island, Vest-Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 7°32′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak
Passing south of Uvår and Songvår Islands, Vest-Agder |- | 58°0′N 11°32′E ! scope="row" | | Tjörn Island, Västra Götaland County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 11°45′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hakefjorden |- | 58°0′N 11°49′E ! scope="row" | | Västra Götaland County, Lake Vättern (southernmost point of Visingsö), Jönköping County, Östergötland County, Kalmar County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 16°47′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea
Passing just north of the islands of Gotland and Fårö, |- | 58°0′N 22°1′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Saaremaa, Saare County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 22°11′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea |- | 58°0′N 24°25′E ! scope="row" | | Pärnu County |- | 58°0′N 24°55′E ! scope="row" | | For 19.8 km (12.3 mi), Valmiera district |- | 58°0′N 25°15′E ! scope="row" | | For 2.7 km (1.7 mi), Viljandi County |- | 58°0′N 25°18′E ! scope="row" | | For 8.6 km (5.3 mi), Valmiera district |- | 58°0′N 25°27′E ! scope="row" | | Viljandi County, Valga County and Põlva County |- | 58°0′N 27°41′E ! scope="row" | | Northwestern, Central, Volga, Ural Federal Districts, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Zabaykalsky Krai, Yakutia, Khabarovsk Krai
Passing through Perm and Ust-Ilimsk |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 140°33′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | 58°0′N 157°40′E ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 161°59′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea |- | 58°0′N 157°37′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Alaska Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 155°2′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikof Strait, Gulf of Alaska |- | 58°0′N 153°5′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Raspberry Island and Afognak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 152°47′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska |- | 58°0′N 136°31′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Yakobi Island, Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island and the mainland |-valign="top" | 58°0′N 133°3′W ! scope="row" | | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 92°49′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay |-valign="top" | 58°0′N 77°12′W ! scope="row" | | Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 62°9′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 58°0′N 7°6′W ! scope="row" | | Island of Lewis and Harris, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 6°23′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | The Minch | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 58°0′N 5°19′W ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 58°0′N 3°52′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |}

Climate

In general, this parallel sees significant differences in temperature and precipitation with proximity to warm ocean currents. The moderation from the Gulf Stream ensures a moderate oceanic climate in much of Western Europe and on the immediate coastline of Alaska, whereas moving inland on continental masses, subarctic climates predominate as the dark winters dominate the temperature cycle. In the transitional area centred on the Baltic Sea this latitude sees a humid continental climate with warm summers and snowy winters somewhat below freezing.

Where cold ocean currents dominate such as near Hudson Bay the climate is polar, rendering in severe winter conditions and very subdued summers. This type of climate is seen in the surroundings of Inukjuak in Quebec, Canada, where the sea ice eliminates winter moderation, but the thawing of the cold water renders in very cool summers as well. In more continental cold areas such as these winters commonly go below −30 °C or −22 °F even during the day. Further west in inland areas winters are often as severe, but summers average above 22 °C or 71.6 °F, similar to the Baltic region where climates are much gentler.

59th parallel north

The 59th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 59 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.[4]

At this latitude the Sun is visible for 18 hours, 30 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 11 minutes during the winter solstice.[5]

If latitude in northern hemisphere is 59°45′ or smaller, every day in August can view both nautical dawn and nautical dusk.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 59° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or oceans ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 0°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |- | 59°0′N 5°34′E ! scope="row" | | Jæren, Rogaland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 5°40′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Byfjorden, Boknafjorden |- | 59°0′N 5°34′E ! scope="row" | | Hundvåg and Vassøy Islands, Rogaland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 5°48′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Idsefjorden, Boknafjorden |- | 59°0′N 6°4′E ! scope="row" | | Rogaland, Vest-Agder, Aust-Agder, Telemark |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 9°45′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Langesundsfjorden, Skagerrak
Passing over Langøya, Geiterøya, Store Arøya and Stokkøya islands |- | 59°0′N 9°51′E ! scope="row" | | Vestfold |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 10°3′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak
Passing south of Ferder lighthouse and Oslofjorden |- | 59°0′N 11°2′E ! scope="row" | | Andholmen and Søndre Sandøy, Hvaler islands, Østfold |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 10°3′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sekken sound, Skagerrak for 1.9 km |- | 59°0′N 11°7′E ! scope="row" | | Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County for 19 km |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 11°27′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Iddefjord, Skagerrak for 1 km |- | 59°0′N 11°28′E ! scope="row" | | Halden Municipality for 13.6 km |- | 59°0′N 11°42′E ! scope="row" | | Västra Götaland County, Lake Vänern, Värmland County, Örebro County, Södermanland County, Stockholm County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 18°12′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 59°0′N 22°30′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Hiiumaa |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 22°52′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 59°0′N 23°8′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Vormsi and the mainland. Passing through Lake Peipus |- | 59°0′N 27°44′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Rybinsk Reservoir |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 142°2′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | 59°0′N 150°29′E ! scope="row" | | Zavyalov Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 150°36′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | 59°0′N 151°14′E ! scope="row" | | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 152°57′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk |- | 59°0′N 159°44′E ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 163°5′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Litke Strait, Bering Sea |- | 59°0′N 163°54′E ! scope="row" | | Karaginsky Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 164°43′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea |- | 59°0′N 161°49′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 153°36′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska - passing just north of the Barren Islands |- | 59°0′N 138°10′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | 59°0′N 137°30′W ! scope="row" | | British Columbia - for about 13 km (8.1 mi) |- | 59°0′N 137°16′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | 59°0′N 134°24′W ! scope="row" | | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba (not far north of Churchill). |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 94°43′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
Passing just south of the Ottawa Islands, Nunavut, |- | 59°0′N 78°21′W ! scope="row" | | Nunavut, Quebec |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 68°58′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ungava Bay |-valign="top" | 59°0′N 65°54′W ! scope="row" | | Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 63°13′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 59°0′N 3°22′W ! scope="row" | | Mainland, Orkney, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 59°0′N 2°55′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |}

Notable cities and towns on 59°N

60th parallel north

Main article: 60th parallel north

The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

In Canada, the 60th parallel forms the southern mainland boundary of the northern territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut with the western provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Accordingly, "north of 60" is an expression often used for the territories. The 60th Parallel Territorial Park is on Mackenzie Highway between Alberta and Northwest Territories and it has a visitor centre there in the homeland of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and the North Slave Métis Alliance.[6]

Between 1776 and 1950, the 60th parallel formed the southern limit of the Royal Greenland Trade Department's exclusive monopoly on trade near the Dano-Norwegian and later Danish colonies of Greenland (1776–1782) and South Greenland (1782–1950).[7]

Although it lies approximately twice as far away from the Equator as from the North Pole, the 60th parallel is half as long as the Equator line, due to the cosine of 60 degrees being 0.5. This is where the Earth bulges halfway as much as on the Equator.

At this latitude, the Sun is visible for 18 hours, 52 minutes during the June solstice and 5 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice.[8] The maximum altitude of the Sun is 53.44° on 21 June and 6.56° on 21 December. The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 15.00º in October and > 8.00º in November. [9]

The lowest latitude where white nights can be observed is approximately on this parallel.

During the summer solstice, nighttime does not get beyond nautical twilight, a condition which lasts throughout the month of June. It is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day between August 22 and April 21.

Around the world

Malachy Tallack wrote a book, Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home, about his travels along the general line of the parallel, starting and finishing at Shetland.[10][11]

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 60° north passes through:

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! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or ocean ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 0°0′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |- | 60°0′N 5°3′E ! scope="row" | | Islands of Stolmen and Selbjørn, Hordaland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 5°12′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bekkjarviksundet, Selbjørnsfjorden, North Sea |- | 60°0′N 5°15′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Huftarøy, Hordaland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 5°17′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Langenuen, North Sea |- | 60°0′N 5°22′E ! scope="row" | | Islands of Reksteren, Tysnesøy and the mainland Hordaland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 5°52′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hardangerfjorden, North Sea |- | 60°0′N 5°59′E ! scope="row" | | Mainland: Folgefonna glacier, Telemark, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo, Hedmark, Østfold
Passing just north of the capital Oslo |- | 60°0′N 12°23′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Fagersta
Passing just north of Uppsala |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 18°53′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 60°0′N 20°8′E ! scope="row" | | Högskär, Bäckö and several smaller islands, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 20°58′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 60°0′N 23°30′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Ekenäs |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 23°58′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea |- | 60°0′N 24°26′E ! scope="row" | | Porkkala peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 24°30′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland
Passing just south of Helsinki, and the island of Gogland, |- | 60°0′N 27°48′E ! scope="row" | | Moshchny Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 27°54′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea |- | 60°0′N 29°44′E ! scope="row" | | Island of Kotlin (city of Kronstadt) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 29°47′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea |- | 60°0′N 30°5′E ! scope="row" | | Passing through Saint Petersburg, Lake Ladoga |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 154°30′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Shelikhov Gulf, Sea of Okhotsk |- | 60°0′N 161°28′E ! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 165°14′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea |- | 60°0′N 166°10′E ! scope="row" | |Pylgin Range |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 166°33′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Olyutor Gulf, Bering Sea |- | 60°0′N 170°9′E ! scope="row" | | Olyutor Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 170°26′E ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea |- | 60°0′N 167°8′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Nunivak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 165°39′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Etolin Strait, Bering Sea |- | 60°0′N 164°9′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 152°38′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Cook Inlet, Gulf of Alaska |- | 60°0′N 151°44′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kenai Peninsula, Evans Island, Elrington Island, Latouche Island and Montague Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 147°24′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska |- | 60°0′N 144°24′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Wingham Island, Kayak Island and a small section of mainland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 143°50′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska |- | 60°0′N 141°53′W ! scope="row" | | Alaska |- | 60°0′N 139°3′W ! scope="row" | | Yukon / British Columbia border
Northwest Territories / British Columbia border
Northwest Territories / Alberta border - passes through Wood Buffalo National Park and beside Fort Smith, NT
Northwest Territories / Saskatchewan border
Nunavut / Manitoba border |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 94°49′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay
Passing just north of the Ottawa Islands, Nunavut, |- | 60°0′N 77°17′W ! scope="row" | | Quebec
Passing just south of Puvirnituq, Quebec |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 69°46′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Ungava Bay
Passing just south of Kangirsuk, Quebec, |-valign="top" | 60°0′N 65°7′W ! scope="row" | | Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 64°9′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Border between the Davis Strait (to the north) and the Labrador Sea (to the south)[12] |- | 60°0′N 44°52′W ! scope="row" | | Passing south of Narsaq; crossing mainland at Narsarmijit; going through Cape Farewell Archipelago, passing just north of Itilleq Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 43°9′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | 60°0′N 1°21′W ! scope="row" | | Islands of Mainland and Mousa, Shetland Islands, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | 60°0′N 1°11′W ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea |}

Notable cities and towns on 60°N

See also

References

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