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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 .
This article contains a list of the circles of latitude on Earth. Northern Hemisphere. 90th parallel north, the North Pole; 89 N; 88 N; 87 N; 86 N; 85 N; 84 N; 83 N ...
56th parallel may refer to: 56th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 56th parallel south, ...
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Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
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 .
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:
Wales Island is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, situated east of the Dixon Entrance at the entrance to Portland Inlet. 35 square miles (91 km 2 ) in area, Wales Island is 30 miles (48 km) north of the port city of Prince Rupert , and 55 miles (89 km) south-east of Ketchikan, Alaska .