54th parallel north

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.

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54th parallel north

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.[1]

Around the world

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
54°0′N 0°0′E North Sea
54°0′N 8°52′E  Germany State of Schleswig-Holstein
54°0′N 10°47′E Baltic Sea Bay of Lübeck
54°0′N 11°1′E  Germany State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
54°0′N 11°12′E Baltic Sea Bay of Wismar
54°0′N 11°23′E  Germany Island of Poel, mainland, and island of Usedom
54°0′N 14°6′E Baltic Sea
54°0′N 14°38′E  Poland Island of Wolin, and mainland
54°0′N 23°29′E  Lithuania Alytus County
54°0′N 24°36′E  Belarus For about 7 km (4.3 mi)
54°0′N 24°43′E  Lithuania For about 8 km (5.0 mi)
54°0′N 24°50′E  Belarus Passing just north of Minsk
54°0′N 31°52′E  Russia Smolensk Oblast
54°0′N 61°15′E  Kazakhstan Kostanay Region
54°0′N 61°34′E  Russia For about 5 km (3.1 mi)
54°0′N 61°39′E  Kazakhstan For about 7 km (4.3 mi)
54°0′N 61°46′E  Russia For about 4 km (2.5 mi)
54°0′N 61°49′E  Kazakhstan For about 6 km (3.7 mi)
54°0′N 61°54′E  Russia For about 8 km (5.0 mi)
54°0′N 62°1′E  Kazakhstan
54°0′N 62°25′E  Russia For about 14 km (8.7 mi)
54°0′N 62°38′E  Kazakhstan
54°0′N 72°24′E  Russia For about 19 km (12 mi)
54°0′N 72°42′E  Kazakhstan
54°0′N 73°4′E  Russia
54°0′N 73°31′E  Kazakhstan For about 15 km (9.3 mi)
54°0′N 73°44′E  Russia
54°0′N 75°29′E  Kazakhstan
54°0′N 76°32′E  Russia Passing through Lake Baikal
54°0′N 137°30′E Sea of Okhotsk
54°0′N 138°46′E  Russia
54°0′N 140°12′E Sea of Okhotsk Sakhalin Gulf
54°0′N 142°36′E  Russia Island of Sakhalin
54°0′N 142°55′E Sea of Okhotsk
54°0′N 155°53′E  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
54°0′N 159°56′E Pacific Ocean
54°0′N 169°30′E Bering Sea
54°0′N 166°47′W  United States Alaska - Unalaska Island
54°0′N 166°21′W 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,  United States
54°0′N 133°6′W  Canada British Columbia - Graham Island
54°0′N 131°41′W Hecate Strait
54°0′N 130°40′W  Canada British Columbia - Porcher Island, Kennedy Island 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
Ontario
54°0′N 82°14′W James Bay
54°0′N 78°58′W  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
54°0′N 57°16′W Atlantic Ocean
54°0′N 10°12′W  Ireland Achill Island
Irish mainland:
54°0′N 6°20′W Dundalk Bay For about 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
54°0′N 6°16′W  Ireland Cooley Peninsula (12 km (7.5 mi))
54°0′N 6°7′W Irish Sea Passing just south of the  Isle of Man
54°0′N 2°54′W  United Kingdom England inc. Harrogate at 54°0′N 1°30′W
54°0′N 0°13′W North Sea

See also

References
  1. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
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