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