Circles of latitude between the 55th parallel north and the 60th parallel north

Following are circles of latitude between the 55th parallel north and the 60th parallel north:

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.

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.

Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 56° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Jutland (mainland) |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Island of Samsø, passing through the northern tip for about 400 meters |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Island of Sjælland, passing just south of Helsingør |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Øresund | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Scania, passing just south of Helsingborg |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hanöbukten | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Blekinge |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Klaipėda County

! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Daugavpils

! scope="row" | | Vitebsk Region

! scope="row" | | For about 13 km

! scope="row" | | For about 17 km

! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Moscow |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Alaska - the Alaska Peninsula |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska - passing just south of the Semidi Islands, and just north of Chirikof Island, Alaska, Passing just south of Kuiu Island, Alaska, |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kosciusko Island, Prince of Wales Island, Etolin Island and the Alaska Panhandle |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | British Columbia - passing 2.5 km south of Hudson's Hope Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba - passing just North of Thompson Ontario - passing just north of Fort Severn |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Nunavut - Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson Bay | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Scotland - Island of Jura |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sound of Jura | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Scotland, passing through Helensburgh and then Falkirk town centre |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Firth of Forth | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the Forth Bridge, and just north of Edinburgh

! scope="row" | | Scotland, passing through Dunbar |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

57th parallel north

The 57th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 57 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, 53 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice. On June 21, the sun is at 56.44 degrees in the sky and on December 21, the sun is at 9.56 degrees in the sky. During the summer solstice, nighttime does not get beyond nautical twilight, a condition which lasts throughout the month of June. It is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of April.

The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 18.00º in October and > 11.00º in November.

The only capital city on the 57th parallel north is Riga.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 57° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or ocean ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea

! scope="row" | | North Jutlandic Island and Jutland mainland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kattegat

! scope="row" | | Halland, Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar counties |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Kalmar Strait, Baltic Sea

! scope="row" | | Island of Öland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea

! scope="row" | | Island of Gotland |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic Sea

! scope="row" | | Courland, Semigallia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea

! scope="row" | | Passing through Riga. Vidzeme, Latgale

! scope="row" | | Passing through Ivanovo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk

! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering SeaPassing just south of Otter Island and Saint Paul Island, Alaska,

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Alaska Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Alaska

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kruzof Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sitka Sound

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Baranof Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" rowspan="2" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Chatham StraitPassing just south of Admiralty Island, Alaska, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Frederick Sound

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Kupreanof Island and the Alaska Panhandle

! scope="row" | | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hudson BayPassing just north of the Belcher Islands, Nunavut,

! scope="row" | | Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Island of Barra, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of the Hebrides

! scope="row" | | Island of Rùm, |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of the Hebrides

! scope="row" |

| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea

58th parallel north

The 58th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 58 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 18 hours, 11 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 27 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 58° north passes through:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="125" | Coordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or ocean ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |

! scope="row" | | Markøy and Austre Seli, Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | North Sea

! scope="row" | | Lindesnes peninsula, AgderPassing north of mainland Norway's southernmost point |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | SkagerrakPassing between Våre Island to the north and Udvåre Island to the south, Vest-Agder

! scope="row" | | Hille Island, Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Skagerrak

! scope="row" | | Skjernøya Island, Agder |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | SkagerrakPassing south of Uvår and Songvår Islands, Agder

! scope="row" | | Tjörn Island, Västra Götaland County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Hakefjorden

! scope="row" | | Västra Götaland County, Lake Vättern (southernmost point of Visingsö), Jönköping County, Östergötland County, Kalmar County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Baltic SeaPassing just north of the islands of Gotland and Fårö,

! scope="row" | | Island of Saaremaa, Saare County |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea

! scope="row" | | Pärnu County

! scope="row" | | For , Valmiera district

! scope="row" | | For , Viljandi County

! scope="row" | | For , Valmiera district

! scope="row" | | Viljandi County, Valga County and Põlva County

! scope="row" | | Northwestern, Central, Volga, Ural Federal Districts, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Zabaykalsky Krai, Yakutia, Khabarovsk KraiPassing through Perm and Ust-Ilimsk |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Sea of Okhotsk

! scope="row" | | Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Krai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bering Sea

! scope="row" | | Alaska - Alaska Peninsula |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |