The 54th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 54 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, 9 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Starting at the Prime Meridian (in the North Sea southeast of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 54° north passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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54°0′N 0°0′E / 54.000°N 0.000°E | North Sea | |
54°0′N 8°52′E / 54.000°N 8.867°E | Germany | State of Schleswig-Holstein |
54°0′N 10°47′E / 54.000°N 10.783°E | Baltic Sea | Bay of Lübeck |
54°0′N 11°1′E / 54.000°N 11.017°E | Germany | State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
54°0′N 11°12′E / 54.000°N 11.200°E | Baltic Sea | Bay of Wismar |
54°0′N 11°23′E / 54.000°N 11.383°E | Germany | Island of Poel, mainland, and island of Usedom |
54°0′N 14°6′E / 54.000°N 14.100°E | Baltic Sea | |
54°0′N 14°38′E / 54.000°N 14.633°E | Poland | Island of Wolin, and mainland |
54°0′N 23°29′E / 54.000°N 23.483°E | Lithuania | Alytus County |
54°0′N 24°36′E / 54.000°N 24.600°E | Belarus | For about 7 km (4.3 mi) |
54°0′N 24°43′E / 54.000°N 24.717°E | Lithuania | For about 8 km (5.0 mi) |
54°0′N 24°50′E / 54.000°N 24.833°E | Belarus | Passing just north of Minsk |
54°0′N 31°52′E / 54.000°N 31.867°E | Russia | Smolensk Oblast |
54°0′N 61°15′E / 54.000°N 61.250°E | Kazakhstan | Kostanay Region |
54°0′N 61°34′E / 54.000°N 61.567°E | Russia | For about 5 km (3.1 mi) |
54°0′N 61°39′E / 54.000°N 61.650°E | Kazakhstan | For about 7 km (4.3 mi) |
54°0′N 61°46′E / 54.000°N 61.767°E | Russia | For about 4 km (2.5 mi) |
54°0′N 61°49′E / 54.000°N 61.817°E | Kazakhstan | For about 6 km (3.7 mi) |
54°0′N 61°54′E / 54.000°N 61.900°E | Russia | For about 8 km (5.0 mi) |
54°0′N 62°1′E / 54.000°N 62.017°E | Kazakhstan | |
54°0′N 62°25′E / 54.000°N 62.417°E | Russia | For about 14 km (8.7 mi) |
54°0′N 62°38′E / 54.000°N 62.633°E | Kazakhstan | |
54°0′N 72°24′E / 54.000°N 72.400°E | Russia | For about 19 km (12 mi) |
54°0′N 72°42′E / 54.000°N 72.700°E | Kazakhstan | |
54°0′N 73°4′E / 54.000°N 73.067°E | Russia | |
54°0′N 73°31′E / 54.000°N 73.517°E | Kazakhstan | For about 15 km (9.3 mi) |
54°0′N 73°44′E / 54.000°N 73.733°E | Russia | |
54°0′N 75°29′E / 54.000°N 75.483°E | Kazakhstan | |
54°0′N 76°32′E / 54.000°N 76.533°E | Russia | Passing through Lake Baikal |
54°0′N 137°30′E / 54.000°N 137.500°E | Sea of Okhotsk | |
54°0′N 138°46′E / 54.000°N 138.767°E | Russia | |
54°0′N 140°12′E / 54.000°N 140.200°E | Sea of Okhotsk | Sakhalin Gulf |
54°0′N 142°36′E / 54.000°N 142.600°E | Russia | Island of Sakhalin |
54°0′N 142°55′E / 54.000°N 142.917°E | Sea of Okhotsk | |
54°0′N 155°53′E / 54.000°N 155.883°E | Russia | Kamchatka Peninsula |
54°0′N 159°56′E / 54.000°N 159.933°E | Pacific Ocean | |
54°0′N 169°30′E / 54.000°N 169.500°E | Bering Sea | |
54°0′N 166°47′W / 54.000°N 166.783°W | United States | Alaska - Unalaska Island |
54°0′N 166°21′W / 54.000°N 166.350°W | Pacific Ocean | Gulf of Alaska - passing just north of Unalga Island, and just south of Akutan Island, Rootok Island, Avatanak Island and Tigalda Island, Alaska, United States |
54°0′N 133°6′W / 54.000°N 133.100°W | Canada | British Columbia - Graham Island |
54°0′N 131°41′W / 54.000°N 131.683°W | Hecate Strait | |
54°0′N 130°40′W / 54.000°N 130.667°W | Canada | British Columbia - Porcher Island, Kennedy Island and the mainland - passing through the port of Kitimat and 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Prince George Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario |
54°0′N 82°14′W / 54.000°N 82.233°W | James Bay | |
54°0′N 78°58′W / 54.000°N 78.967°W | Canada | Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador |
54°0′N 57°16′W / 54.000°N 57.267°W | Atlantic Ocean | |
54°0′N 10°12′W / 54.000°N 10.200°W | Ireland | Achill Island Irish mainland:
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54°0′N 6°20′W / 54.000°N 6.333°W | Dundalk Bay | For about 4.4 km (2.7 mi) |
54°0′N 6°16′W / 54.000°N 6.267°W | Ireland | Cooley Peninsula (12 km (7.5 mi)) |
54°0′N 6°7′W / 54.000°N 6.117°W | Irish Sea | Passing just south of the Isle of Man |
54°0′N 2°54′W / 54.000°N 2.900°W | United Kingdom | England inc. Harrogate at 54°0′N 1°30′W / 54.000°N 1.500°W |
54°0′N 0°13′W / 54.000°N 0.217°W | North Sea |