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.

57°
57th parallel north

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.[1]

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:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes
57°0′N 0°0′E Atlantic Ocean North Sea
57°0′N 8°26′E  Denmark North Jutlandic Island and Jutland mainland
57°0′N 10°21′E Atlantic Ocean Kattegat
57°0′N 12°21′E  Sweden Halland, Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar counties
57°0′N 16°32′E Atlantic Ocean Kalmar Strait, Baltic Sea
57°0′N 16°47′E  Sweden Island of Öland
57°0′N 16°55′E Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea
57°0′N 18°13′E  Sweden Island of Gotland
57°0′N 18°24′E Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea
57°0′N 21°22′E  Latvia Courland, Semigallia
57°0′N 23°32′E Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea
57°0′N 23°54′E  Latvia Passing through Riga. Vidzeme, Latgale
57°0′N 27°43′E  Russia Passing through Ivanovo
57°0′N 138°45′E Pacific Ocean Sea of Okhotsk
57°0′N 156°31′E  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
57°0′N 162°51′E Pacific Ocean Bering Sea
Passing just south of Otter Island and Saint Paul Island, Alaska,  United States
57°0′N 158°40′W  United States Alaska - Alaska Peninsula
57°0′N 156°33′W Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska
57°0′N 154°32′W  United States Alaska - Kodiak Island and Sitkalidak Island
57°0′N 153°17′W Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska
57°0′N 135°50′W  United States Alaska - Kruzof Island
57°0′N 135°45′W Pacific Ocean Sitka Sound
57°0′N 135°15′W  United States Alaska - Baranof Island
57°0′N 134°43′W Pacific Ocean Chatham Strait
Passing just south of Admiralty Island, Alaska,  United States
57°0′N 134°30′W Frederick Sound
57°0′N 134°0′W  United States Alaska - Kupreanof Island and the Alaska Panhandle
57°0′N 132°3′W  Canada British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
57°0′N 89°54′W Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay
Passing just north of the Belcher Islands, Nunavut,  Canada
57°0′N 76°42′W  Canada Nunavut, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador
57°0′N 61°22′W Atlantic Ocean
57°0′N 7°31′W  United Kingdom Island of Barra,  Scotland
57°0′N 7°22′W Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides
57°0′N 6°27′W  United Kingdom Island of Rùm,  Scotland
57°0′N 6°15′W Atlantic Ocean Sea of the Hebrides
57°0′N 5°50′W  United Kingdom  Scotland
57°0′N 2°10′W Atlantic Ocean North Sea

See also

References
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