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.

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56th parallel north

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
56°0′N 0°0′E North Sea
56°0′N 8°7′E  Denmark Jutland (mainland)
56°0′N 10°17′E Kattegat Passing just north of the island of Samsø,  Denmark
56°0′N 11°55′E  Denmark Island of Sjælland
56°0′N 12°35′E Øresund
56°0′N 12°43′E  Sweden Scania
56°0′N 14°27′E Hanöbukten
56°0′N 14°37′E  Sweden Blekinge
56°0′N 14°44′E Baltic Sea
56°0′N 21°4′E  Lithuania Klaipėda County
56°0′N 25°52′E  Latvia Passing just north of Daugavpils
56°0′N 27°49′E  Belarus Vitebsk Region
56°0′N 28°43′E  Russia For about 13 km
56°0′N 28°55′E  Belarus For about 17 km
56°0′N 29°12′E  Russia Passing just north of Moscow
56°0′N 137°25′E Sea of Okhotsk
56°0′N 155°40′E  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
56°0′N 162°5′E Bering Sea
56°0′N 160°34′W  United States Alaska - the Alaska Peninsula
56°0′N 158°25′W Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just south of the Semidi Islands, and just north of Chirikof Island, Alaska,  United States
Passing just south of Kuiu Island, Alaska,  United States
56°0′N 133°35′W  United States Alaska - Kosciusko Island, Prince of Wales Island, Etolin Island and the Alaska Panhandle
56°0′N 130°1′W  Canada British Columbia - passing 2.5 km south of Hudson's Hope
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario - passing just north of Fort Severn
56°0′N 87°26′W Hudson Bay
56°0′N 79°53′W  Canada Nunavut - Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island
56°0′N 78°59′W Hudson Bay
56°0′N 76°46′W  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
56°0′N 60°49′W Atlantic Ocean
56°0′N 6°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland - Island of Jura
56°0′N 5°48′W Sound of Jura
56°0′N 5°41′W  United Kingdom Scotland, passing through Helensburgh and then Falkirk town centre
56°0′N 3°21′W Firth of Forth Passing through the Forth Bridge, and just north of Edinburgh
56°0′N 2°53′W  United Kingdom Scotland, passing through Dunbar
56°0′N 2°30′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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