# 51st parallel north

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The 51st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 51 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 16 hours, 33 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 55 minutes during the winter solstice.
Capital cities between the 51st and 52nd parallels are London and Astana.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian (just north of the Sheffield Park Garden in East Sussex, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 51° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 51°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 51.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  United Kingdom England: East Sussex, Kent (just south of Dover) 51°0′N 1°30′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 1.500°E﻿ / 51.000; 1.500﻿ (Strait of Dover) Strait of Dover Crosses the Channel Tunnel 51°0′N 2°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 2.000°E﻿ / 51.000; 2.000﻿ (France)  France Nord-Pas-de-Calais — passing just south of Dunkirk and the northernmost point of France 51°0′N 2°34′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 2.567°E﻿ / 51.000; 2.567﻿ (Belgium)  Belgium Passing all 5 provinces of Flanders 51°0′N 5°46′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 5.767°E﻿ / 51.000; 5.767﻿ (Netherlands)  Netherlands Limburg — for about 10 km (6.2 mi) — passing through Sittard 51°0′N 5°54′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 5.900°E﻿ / 51.000; 5.900﻿ (Germany)  Germany North Rhine-Westphalia — passing through northern Cologne Hesse Thuringia — passing through Erfurt Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia Saxony — passing just south of Dresden 51°0′N 14°15′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 14.250°E﻿ / 51.000; 14.250﻿ (Czech Republic)  Czech Republic 51°0′N 14°34′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 14.567°E﻿ / 51.000; 14.567﻿ (Germany)  Germany Saxony 51°0′N 14°55′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 14.917°E﻿ / 51.000; 14.917﻿ (Poland)  Poland For about 4 km (2.5 mi) 51°0′N 14°58′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 14.967°E﻿ / 51.000; 14.967﻿ (Czech Republic)  Czech Republic 51°0′N 15°6′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 15.100°E﻿ / 51.000; 15.100﻿ (Poland)  Poland For about 3 km (1.9 mi) 51°0′N 15°8′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 15.133°E﻿ / 51.000; 15.133﻿ (Czech Republic)  Czech Republic For about 3 km (1.9 mi) 51°0′N 15°10′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 15.167°E﻿ / 51.000; 15.167﻿ (Poland)  Poland Passing just south of Wrocław 51°0′N 23°57′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 23.950°E﻿ / 51.000; 23.950﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Volyn oblast — passing just north of Lutsk Rivne Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast — passing just north of Korosten Kyiv Oblast — passing through Kyiv Reservoir Chernihiv Oblast — passing just south of Nizhyn Sumy Oblast — passing just north of Sumy 51°0′N 35°20′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 35.333°E﻿ / 51.000; 35.333﻿ (Russia)  Russia 51°0′N 49°19′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 49.317°E﻿ / 51.000; 49.317﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan Region — passing just south of Oral, Kazakhstan 51°0′N 54°11′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 54.183°E﻿ / 51.000; 54.183﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 25 km (15.5 mi) 51°0′N 54°33′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 54.550°E﻿ / 51.000; 54.550﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 14 km (8.7 mi) 51°0′N 54°46′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 54.767°E﻿ / 51.000; 54.767﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 118 km (73 mi) 51°0′N 56°27′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 56.450°E﻿ / 51.000; 56.450﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 11 km (6.8 mi) 51°0′N 56°36′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 56.600°E﻿ / 51.000; 56.600﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 9 km (5.5 mi) 51°0′N 56°44′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 56.733°E﻿ / 51.000; 56.733﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 39 km (24 mi) 51°0′N 57°18′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 57.300°E﻿ / 51.000; 57.300﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 32 km (19.8 mi) 51°0′N 57°45′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 57.750°E﻿ / 51.000; 57.750﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 61 km (37 mi) 51°0′N 58°37′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 58.617°E﻿ / 51.000; 58.617﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 199 km (123 mi) 51°0′N 61°30′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 61.500°E﻿ / 51.000; 61.500﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan Kostanay Region Akmola Region — passing just south of Derzhavinsk Passing just south of Astana Karaganda Region East Kazakhstan Region 51°0′N 79°53′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 79.883°E﻿ / 51.000; 79.883﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 42 km (26 mi) 51°0′N 80°29′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 80.483°E﻿ / 51.000; 80.483﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 42 km (26 mi) 51°0′N 81°04′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 81.067°E﻿ / 51.000; 81.067﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 143 km (89 mi) 51°0′N 83°06′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 83.100°E﻿ / 51.000; 83.100﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 5 km (3.1 mi) 51°0′N 83°11′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 83.183°E﻿ / 51.000; 83.183﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 2 km (1.2 mi) 51°0′N 83°12′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 83.200°E﻿ / 51.000; 83.200﻿ (Russia)  Kazakhstan For about 15 km (9.3 mi) 51°0′N 97°50′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 97.833°E﻿ / 51.000; 97.833﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia Passing Lake Khövsgöl 51°0′N 102°15′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 102.250°E﻿ / 51.000; 102.250﻿ (Russia)  Russia 51°0′N 119°37′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 119.617°E﻿ / 51.000; 119.617﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang 51°0′N 127°0′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 127.000°E﻿ / 51.000; 127.000﻿ (Russia)  Russia 51°0′N 140°38′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 140.633°E﻿ / 51.000; 140.633﻿ (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 51°0′N 142°14′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 142.233°E﻿ / 51.000; 142.233﻿ (Russia)  Russia Island of Sakhalin 51°0′N 143°36′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 143.600°E﻿ / 51.000; 143.600﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 51°0′N 156°46′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 156.767°E﻿ / 51.000; 156.767﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 51°0′N 156°51′E﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 156.850°E﻿ / 51.000; 156.850﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Amatignak Island, Alaska, United States Passing just north of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 51°0′N 127°31′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 127.517°W﻿ / 51.000; -127.517﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia — passing through city of Revelstoke Alberta — passing through city of Calgary Saskatchewan Manitoba - passing just south of the city of Dauphin Ontario - passing just south of the town of Red Lake Passing just south of the tip of James Bay (51°10′N 79°50′W﻿ / ﻿51.167°N 79.833°W﻿ / 51.167; -79.833﻿ (Canada)) Quebec 51°0′N 58°48′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 58.800°W﻿ / 51.000; -58.800﻿ (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 51°0′N 57°3′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 57.050°W﻿ / 51.000; -57.050﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland 51°0′N 55°50′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 55.833°W﻿ / 51.000; -55.833﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Groais Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 51°0′N 4°32′W﻿ / ﻿51.000°N 4.533°W﻿ / 51.000; -4.533﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom England — Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire (passing just north of Southampton), West Sussex, East Sussex

## Russian America 1799–1824/25

In 1799 Paul I, Tsar of the Russian Empire, issued a ukase creating the Russian-American Company (RAC). It was granted monopolistic control north of the 55th parallel north, which had been the Russian claim since 1790, as well as the right to operate and occupy territory to the south as long as the lands had not been previously occupied, or dependent on any other nation. In 1821 the RAC's charter was renewed and at the same time an ukase proclaimed that Russian sovereignty extended south to the 51st parallel, and that waters north of that line were closed to foreign shipping. The ukase was met with strong objections by the United States and Great Britain. Subsequent negotiations resulted in a clear and permanent boundary for Russian America, the southward terminus of which was established at 54°40′ north.