# 48th parallel north

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The 48th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 48 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Canada the parallel forms part of the border between Quebec and New Brunswick.
Ships heading north along the coast of Washington toward the Strait of Juan de Fuca must make radio contact with Canadian Coast Guard vessel traffic service upon crossing the 48th parallel.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 3 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice. If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 48º50' or smaller, it is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of July. At the latitude of 48°33′38.58804” North, which is about 62.3 km (38.7 mi) north of this parallel, is the parallel where twilight/nighttime boundary on the June Solstice.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 48° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 48°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 48.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  France Brains-sur-Gée commune, Sarthe department 48°0′N 7°36′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 7.600°E﻿ / 48.000; 7.600﻿ (Germany)  Germany Baden-Württemberg - passing through Freiburg im Breisgau, less than 1 km north of the city centre Bavaria - passing through Lake Ammer, and passing just south of Munich 48°0′N 12°52′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 12.867°E﻿ / 48.000; 12.867﻿ (Austria)  Austria 48°0′N 17°9′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 17.150°E﻿ / 48.000; 17.150﻿ (Hungary)  Hungary For about 8 km 48°0′N 17°16′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 17.267°E﻿ / 48.000; 17.267﻿ (Slovakia)  Slovakia 48°0′N 18°49′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 18.817°E﻿ / 48.000; 18.817﻿ (Hungary)  Hungary 48°0′N 22°51′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 22.850°E﻿ / 48.000; 22.850﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine For about 6 km - Vynohradiv Raion 48°0′N 22°56′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 22.933°E﻿ / 48.000; 22.933﻿ (Romania)  Romania For about 4 km 48°0′N 23°0′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 23.000°E﻿ / 48.000; 23.000﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine For about 4 km - Vynohradiv Raion 48°0′N 23°3′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 23.050°E﻿ / 48.000; 23.050﻿ (Romania)  Romania 48°0′N 23°24′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 23.400°E﻿ / 48.000; 23.400﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast — passing just south of Rakhiv Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast 48°0′N 26°11′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 26.183°E﻿ / 48.000; 26.183﻿ (Romania)  Romania 48°0′N 27°8′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 27.133°E﻿ / 48.000; 27.133﻿ (Moldova)  Moldova Passing through Transnistria 48°0′N 28°54′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 28.900°E﻿ / 48.000; 28.900﻿ (Ukraine)  Ukraine Odesa Oblast — passing just north of Balta Mykolaiv Oblast — passing just north of Yuzhnoukrainsk Kirovohrad Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast — for about 8 km Kirovohrad Oblast — for about 2 km Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — passing through Kryvyi Rih Zaporizhzhia Oblast — passing just north of Zaporizhzhia Donetsk Oblast — passing through Donetsk Luhansk Oblast — passing just south of Dovzhansk 48°0′N 39°48′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 39.800°E﻿ / 48.000; 39.800﻿ (Russia)  Russia Rostov Oblast Volgograd Oblast Kalmykia Astrakhan Oblast 48°0′N 47°1′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 47.017°E﻿ / 48.000; 47.017﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 48°0′N 85°34′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 85.567°E﻿ / 48.000; 85.567﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang 48°0′N 89°2′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.033°E﻿ / 48.000; 89.033﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 48°0′N 89°17′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.283°E﻿ / 48.000; 89.283﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang 48°0′N 89°35′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.583°E﻿ / 48.000; 89.583﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia Passing just north of Ulaanbaatar 48°0′N 115°30′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 115.500°E﻿ / 48.000; 115.500﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia 48°0′N 117°47′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 117.783°E﻿ / 48.000; 117.783﻿ (Mongolia)  Mongolia 48°0′N 118°28′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 118.467°E﻿ / 48.000; 118.467﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang 48°0′N 130°44′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 130.733°E﻿ / 48.000; 130.733﻿ (Russia)  Russia Jewish Autonomous Oblast 48°0′N 132°52′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 132.867°E﻿ / 48.000; 132.867﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Heilongjiang 48°0′N 134°33′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 134.550°E﻿ / 48.000; 134.550﻿ (Russia)  Russia Khabarovsk Krai Primorsky Krai Khabarovsk Krai 48°0′N 139°33′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 139.550°E﻿ / 48.000; 139.550﻿ (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 48°0′N 142°12′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 142.200°E﻿ / 48.000; 142.200﻿ (Russia)  Russia Island of Sakhalin 48°0′N 142°32′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 142.533°E﻿ / 48.000; 142.533﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Passing between the islands of Rasshua and Ushishir in Russia's Kuril Island chain 48°0′N 153°10′E﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 153.167°E﻿ / 48.000; 153.167﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 48°0′N 124°41′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 124.683°W﻿ / 48.000; -124.683﻿ (United States)  United States Washington - Olympic Peninsula (mainland), Whidbey Island, and the mainland at Everett Idaho Montana - passing through Fort Peck Dam North Dakota - just south of Devils Lake; just north of Grand Forks Minnesota - through Red Lake 48°0′N 89°56′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.933°W﻿ / 48.000; -89.933﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario - for about 7 km 48°0′N 89°50′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.833°W﻿ / 48.000; -89.833﻿ (United States)  United States Minnesota - passing through Grand Portage State Park 48°0′N 89°35′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.583°W﻿ / 48.000; -89.583﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario - for about 2 km 48°0′N 89°34′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 89.567°W﻿ / 48.000; -89.567﻿ (Lake Superior) Lake Superior 48°0′N 88°59′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 88.983°W﻿ / 48.000; -88.983﻿ (United States)  United States Michigan - Isle Royale 48°0′N 88°41′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 88.683°W﻿ / 48.000; -88.683﻿ (Lake Superior) Lake Superior 48°0′N 85°54′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 85.900°W﻿ / 48.000; -85.900﻿ (Canada)  Canada Ontario Quebec 48°0′N 69°47′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 69.783°W﻿ / 48.000; -69.783﻿ (Saint Lawrence River) Saint Lawrence River 48°0′N 69°30′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 69.500°W﻿ / 48.000; -69.500﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec - Île Verte and mainland Quebec / New Brunswick border Quebec New Brunswick - passing through Campbellton 48°0′N 66°19′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 66.317°W﻿ / 48.000; -66.317﻿ (Baie des Chaleurs) Baie des Chaleurs Just passing south of the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada 48°0′N 64°33′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 64.550°W﻿ / 48.000; -64.550﻿ (Canada)  Canada New Brunswick - Miscou Island - passing just south of the Miscou Island Lighthouse 48°0′N 64°29′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 64.483°W﻿ / 48.000; -64.483﻿ (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence 48°0′N 59°17′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 59.283°W﻿ / 48.000; -59.283﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - island of Newfoundland. From west to east, the parallel enters the island near the Anguille Mountains then passes near the community of North Branch. Further east it passes 1 km north of the Bay d'Espoir Generating Station, and through the community of Queen's Cove. 48°0′N 53°39′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 53.650°W﻿ / 48.000; -53.650﻿ (Trinity Bay) Trinity Bay 48°0′N 53°19′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 53.317°W﻿ / 48.000; -53.317﻿ (Canada)  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Bay de Verde Peninsula, island of Newfoundland (from Hants Harbour to Lower Island Cove) 48°0′N 52°59′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 52.983°W﻿ / 48.000; -52.983﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 48°0′N 4°30′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 4.500°W﻿ / 48.000; -4.500﻿ (France)  France Quimper, Brittany