53rd parallel north

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53rd parallel north

The 53rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 53 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, 56 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 34 minutes during the winter solstice. Approximately 53°20′ North, 37 km (23 mi) north of this parallel, during the June summer solstice, the sun is visible for 17 hours exactly. If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 53°47′ or smaller, it is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of August.

One minute of longitude along the 53rd parallel is approximately 0.6042 nautical miles (1,224 yd; 1.119 km). One degree of longitude along the 53rd parallel is about 36.252 nautical miles (41.72 mi; 67.14 km).

Around the world

European countries entirely north of 53° N

Starting at the Prime Meridian (northeast of Boston, Lincolnshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 53° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
53°0′N 0°0′E	United Kingdom	England
53°0′N 0°8′E	North Sea
53°0′N 4°43′E	Netherlands	Island of Texel (Province of North Holland)
53°0′N 4°47′E	Wadden Sea
53°0′N 5°24′E	Netherlands	Provinces of Friesland, Drenthe and Groningen
53°0′N 7°13′E	Germany	Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt (for about 10 km (6.2 mi)), Brandenburg
53°0′N 14°15′E	Poland	West Pomeranian Voivodeship
53°0′N 23°56′E	Belarus	Grodno Region
53°0′N 31°19′E	Russia	Bryansk Oblast
53°0′N 61°9′E	Kazakhstan	For about 10 km (6.2 mi)
53°0′N 61°18′E	Russia	For about 7 km (4.3 mi)
53°0′N 61°24′E	Kazakhstan	For about 12 km (7.5 mi)
53°0′N 61°35′E	Russia	For about 18 km (11 mi)
53°0′N 61°51′E	Kazakhstan	For about 4 km (2.5 mi)
53°0′N 61°54′E	Russia	For about 15 km (9.3 mi)
53°0′N 62°7′E	Kazakhstan	Kostanay Region
53°0′N 78°12′E	Russia	Passing through Lake Baikal
53°0′N 120°26′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang
53°0′N 125°41′E	Russia	Amur Oblast
53°0′N 141°11′E	Strait of Tartary
53°0′N 141°54′E	Russia	Island of Sakhalin
53°0′N 143°17′E	Sea of Okhotsk
53°0′N 156°7′E	Russia	Kamchatka Peninsula
53°0′N 158°53′E	Pacific Ocean
53°0′N 172°45′E	United States	Alaska – Attu Island
53°0′N 172°48′E	Bering Sea
53°0′N 169°45′W	United States	Alaska – Kagamil Island
53°0′N 169°40′W	Bering Sea
53°0′N 168°55′W	United States	Alaska - Umnak Island, Alaska
53°0′N 168°37′W	Pacific Ocean	Gulf of Alaska
53°0′N 132°23′W	Canada	British Columbia – Hibben Island, Moresby Island and Louise Island
53°0′N 131°41′W	Hecate Strait
53°0′N 129°41′W	Canada	British Columbia – Estevan Group, Campania Island, Princess Royal Island and the mainland Alberta – passing through Edmonton Saskatchewan Manitoba – passing through Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg Ontario Nunavut – Akimiski Island
53°0′N 80°50′W	James Bay
53°0′N 78°58′W	Canada	Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador Quebec – for about 10 km (6.2 mi) Newfoundland and Labrador
53°0′N 55°46′W	Atlantic Ocean
53°0′N 9°25′W	Ireland	County Clare County Galway Lough Derg County Tipperary County Offaly County Laois County Kildare (including Athy at 53°00′00″N 6°59′17″W) County Wicklow
53°0′N 6°3′W	Irish Sea
53°0′N 4°26′W	United Kingdom	Wales – passing through Snowdonia 8km South of the peak of Mount Snowdon England – passing through Stoke-on-Trent and Nottingham

See also

• 52nd parallel north
• 54th parallel north