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.
55°
55th parallel north
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
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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 55° north passes through:
Notable cities and towns on 55°N
edit- 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
Use as a boundary
editThe 55th parallel serves as the southern boundary of Nunavik territory in Quebec.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2021.