# 57th parallel north

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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:
    Coordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 57°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 57.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean North Sea 57°0′N 8°26′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 8.433°E﻿ / 57.000; 8.433﻿ (Denmark)  Denmark North Jutlandic Island and Jutland mainland 57°0′N 10°21′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 10.350°E﻿ / 57.000; 10.350﻿ (Kattegat) Atlantic Ocean Kattegat 57°0′N 12°21′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 12.350°E﻿ / 57.000; 12.350﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Halland, Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar counties 57°0′N 16°32′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 16.533°E﻿ / 57.000; 16.533﻿ (Kalmar Strait) Atlantic Ocean Kalmar Strait, Baltic Sea 57°0′N 16°47′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 16.783°E﻿ / 57.000; 16.783﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Island of Öland 57°0′N 16°55′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 16.917°E﻿ / 57.000; 16.917﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea 57°0′N 18°13′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 18.217°E﻿ / 57.000; 18.217﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Island of Gotland 57°0′N 18°24′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 18.400°E﻿ / 57.000; 18.400﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea 57°0′N 21°22′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 21.367°E﻿ / 57.000; 21.367﻿ (Latvia)  Latvia Courland, Semigallia 57°0′N 23°32′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 23.533°E﻿ / 57.000; 23.533﻿ (Gulf of Riga) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea 57°0′N 23°54′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 23.900°E﻿ / 57.000; 23.900﻿ (Latvia)  Latvia Passing through Riga. Vidzeme, Latgale 57°0′N 27°43′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 27.717°E﻿ / 57.000; 27.717﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing through Ivanovo 57°0′N 138°45′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 138.750°E﻿ / 57.000; 138.750﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Pacific Ocean Sea of Okhotsk 57°0′N 156°31′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 156.517°E﻿ / 57.000; 156.517﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 57°0′N 162°51′E﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 162.850°E﻿ / 57.000; 162.850﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Passing just south of Otter Island and Saint Paul Island, Alaska, United States 57°0′N 158°40′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 158.667°W﻿ / 57.000; -158.667﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Alaska Peninsula 57°0′N 156°33′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 156.550°W﻿ / 57.000; -156.550﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 57°0′N 154°32′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 154.533°W﻿ / 57.000; -154.533﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island 57°0′N 153°17′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 153.283°W﻿ / 57.000; -153.283﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 57°0′N 135°50′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 135.833°W﻿ / 57.000; -135.833﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Kruzof Island 57°0′N 135°45′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 135.750°W﻿ / 57.000; -135.750﻿ (Sitka Sound) Pacific Ocean Sitka Sound 57°0′N 135°15′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 135.250°W﻿ / 57.000; -135.250﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Baranof Island 57°0′N 134°43′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 134.717°W﻿ / 57.000; -134.717﻿ (Chatham Strait) Pacific Ocean Chatham Strait Passing just south of Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States 57°0′N 134°30′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 134.500°W﻿ / 57.000; -134.500﻿ (Frederick Sound) Frederick Sound 57°0′N 134°0′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 134.000°W﻿ / 57.000; -134.000﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Kupreanof Island and the Alaska Panhandle 57°0′N 132°3′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 132.050°W﻿ / 57.000; -132.050﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba 57°0′N 89°54′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 89.900°W﻿ / 57.000; -89.900﻿ (Hudson Bay) Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay Passing just north of the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada 57°0′N 76°42′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 76.700°W﻿ / 57.000; -76.700﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador 57°0′N 61°22′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 61.367°W﻿ / 57.000; -61.367﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 57°0′N 7°31′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 7.517°W﻿ / 57.000; -7.517﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Island of Barra, Scotland 57°0′N 7°22′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 7.367°W﻿ / 57.000; -7.367﻿ (Sea of the Hebrides) Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides 57°0′N 6°27′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 6.450°W﻿ / 57.000; -6.450﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Island of Rùm, Scotland 57°0′N 6°15′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 6.250°W﻿ / 57.000; -6.250﻿ (Sea of the Hebrides) Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides 57°0′N 5°50′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 5.833°W﻿ / 57.000; -5.833﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom  Scotland 57°0′N 2°10′W﻿ / ﻿57.000°N 2.167°W﻿ / 57.000; -2.167﻿ (North Sea) Atlantic Ocean North Sea