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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 .
The area is 73,419.01 square kilometres. The regional district offices are in Burns Lake . Its geographical components are the Bulkley Valley , the northern part of the Nechako Country , and the Omineca Country , including portions of the Hazelton Mountains and Omineca Mountains in the west and north of the regional district, respectively.
The equator, a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the northern and southern hemispheres. On Earth, it is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude . 0°
Yukon and Northwest Territories border (60th parallel) Race Rocks (Lat. 48°17′52.9″ N, also southernmost point in Western Canada) Akamina Pass (Long. 114°3′13″ W) BC-YT-AK tripoint within Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park: Manitoba: Nunavut border (60th parallel) Water: Minnesota border in Lake of the Woods. Land:
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 .
56th parallel may refer to: 56th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 56th parallel south, ...
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Starting at a point just north of the head of Jervis Inlet, at 50 degrees 13 minutes north latitude, 124 degrees west longitude, north to 52 degrees north latitude, 124 degrees west longitude, then, with some small deviances south around parcels of land that are part of Cariboo Land District east along the 52nd parallel north to approximately 120 degrees, 33 minutes west longitude, crossing BC ...