# 55th parallel north

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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.
This latitude also roughly corresponds to the minimum latitude in which nautical twilight can last all night near the summer solstice.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 55° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 55°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 55.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) North Sea 55°0′N 8°21′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 8.350°E﻿ / 55.000; 8.350﻿ (Germany)  Germany Island of Sylt, close to Germany's northernmost point 55°0′N 8°23′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 8.383°E﻿ / 55.000; 8.383﻿ (Wadden Sea) Wadden Sea 55°0′N 8°39′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 8.650°E﻿ / 55.000; 8.650﻿ (Denmark)  Denmark Jutland (mainland) and the island of Als 55°0′N 9°58′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 9.967°E﻿ / 55.000; 9.967﻿ (Little Belt) Little Belt 55°0′N 10°27′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 10.450°E﻿ / 55.000; 10.450﻿ (Denmark)  Denmark Islands of Skarø, Tåsinge and Langeland 55°0′N 10°54′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 10.900°E﻿ / 55.000; 10.900﻿ (Great Belt) Great Belt 55°0′N 11°5′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 11.083°E﻿ / 55.000; 11.083﻿ (Smålandsfarvandet) Smålandsfarvandet 55°0′N 11°53′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 11.883°E﻿ / 55.000; 11.883﻿ (Denmark)  Denmark Islands of Sjælland and Møn 55°0′N 12°32′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 12.533°E﻿ / 55.000; 12.533﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea 55°0′N 14°59′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 14.983°E﻿ / 55.000; 14.983﻿ (Denmark)  Denmark Island of Bornholm. There is a small memorial at 55°N 15°E﻿ / ﻿55°N 15°E﻿ / 55; 15 55°0′N 15°6′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 15.100°E﻿ / 55.000; 15.100﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea 55°0′N 20°33′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 20.550°E﻿ / 55.000; 20.550﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kaliningrad Oblast – passing through the Curonian Lagoon 55°0′N 22°38′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 22.633°E﻿ / 55.000; 22.633﻿ (Lithuania)  Lithuania Marijampolė County 55°0′N 26°13′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 26.217°E﻿ / 55.000; 26.217﻿ (Belarus)  Belarus Vitebsk Region 55°0′N 30°58′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 30.967°E﻿ / 55.000; 30.967﻿ (Russia)  Russia Smolensk Oblast, Passing just north of Buinsk, Tatarstan, 55°0′N 68°12′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 68.200°E﻿ / 55.000; 68.200﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Region 55°0′N 71°1′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 71.017°E﻿ / 55.000; 71.017﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing just north of Omsk at 54°59′N 73°22′E﻿ / ﻿54.983°N 73.367°E﻿ / 54.983; 73.367﻿ (Omsk) Passing just south of Novosibirsk at 55°3′N 82°57′E﻿ / ﻿55.050°N 82.950°E﻿ / 55.050; 82.950﻿ (Omsk) 55°0′N 135°24′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 135.400°E﻿ / 55.000; 135.400﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 55°0′N 136°47′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 136.783°E﻿ / 55.000; 136.783﻿ (Russia)  Russia Feklistova Island 55°0′N 137°4′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 137.067°E﻿ / 55.000; 137.067﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 55°0′N 137°26′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 137.433°E﻿ / 55.000; 137.433﻿ (Russia)  Russia Bolshoy Shantar Island 55°0′N 138°11′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 138.183°E﻿ / 55.000; 138.183﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 55°0′N 155°35′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 155.583°E﻿ / 55.000; 155.583﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 55°0′N 161°59′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 161.983°E﻿ / 55.000; 161.983﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 55°0′N 166°8′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 166.133°E﻿ / 55.000; 166.133﻿ (Russia)  Russia Bering Island 55°0′N 166°23′E﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 166.383°E﻿ / 55.000; 166.383﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea Passing just north of Medny Island, Russia 55°0′N 163°57′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 163.950°W﻿ / 55.000; -163.950﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Unimak Island and the Alaska Peninsula 55°0′N 162°34′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 162.567°W﻿ / 55.000; -162.567﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska – passing just south of Dolgoi Island and Unga Island, Alaska, United States 55°0′N 160°8′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 160.133°W﻿ / 55.000; -160.133﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Nagai Island 55°0′N 160°4′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 160.067°W﻿ / 55.000; -160.067﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 55°0′N 159°25′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 159.417°W﻿ / 55.000; -159.417﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Little Koniuji Island 55°0′N 159°21′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 159.350°W﻿ / 55.000; -159.350﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 55°0′N 133°9′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 133.150°W﻿ / 55.000; -133.150﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Dall Island, Sukkwan Island and Prince of Wales Island 55°0′N 131°59′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 131.983°W﻿ / 55.000; -131.983﻿ (Clarence Strait) Clarence Strait 55°0′N 131°36′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 131.600°W﻿ / 55.000; -131.600﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Annette Island and Duke Island 55°0′N 131°15′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 131.250°W﻿ / 55.000; -131.250﻿ (Revillagigedo Channel) Revillagigedo Channel 55°0′N 131°0′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 131.000°W﻿ / 55.000; -131.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska – Alaska Panhandle 55°0′N 130°15′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 130.250°W﻿ / 55.000; -130.250﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia – Pearse Island and the mainland Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario 55°0′N 82°16′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 82.267°W﻿ / 55.000; -82.267﻿ (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay 55°0′N 78°28′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 78.467°W﻿ / 55.000; -78.467﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador – for about 12 km Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador – for about 5 km Quebec – for about 3 km Newfoundland and Labrador Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador – mainland and the Adlavik Islands 55°0′N 58°40′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 58.667°W﻿ / 55.000; -58.667﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 55°0′N 8°33′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 8.550°W﻿ / 55.000; -8.550﻿ (Ireland)  Ireland Island of Arranmore and mainland 55°0′N 7°24′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 7.400°W﻿ / 55.000; -7.400﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Northern Ireland (passing through the city of Derry) 55°0′N 5°59′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 5.983°W﻿ / 55.000; -5.983﻿ (North Channel) North Channel 55°0′N 5°10′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 5.167°W﻿ / 55.000; -5.167﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Scotland (passing through Gretna) England (passing through the Newcastle upon Tyne urban area) 55°0′N 1°25′W﻿ / ﻿55.000°N 1.417°W﻿ / 55.000; -1.417﻿ (North Sea) North Sea

## Notable cities and towns on 55°N

* 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

The 55th parallel serves as the southern boundary of Nunavik territory in Quebec.