52nd parallel north

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Line across the Earth
52°
52nd parallel north
In Canada, the 52nd parallel north defines part of the border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador (line A), though Quebec maintains a dormant claim to some of the territory to the north of the parallel (line B).

The 52nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 52 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

In Canada, part of the generally accepted border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is defined by the parallel, though Quebec maintains a dormant claim to some of the territory north of this line.[1]

The catchment area of London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, can be broadly defined by the 51st and 52nd parallels.[citation needed]

At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 44 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 45 minutes during the winter solstice.[2]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian (just west of the village of Barkway in Hertfordshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 52° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom England
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Netherlands Provinces of South Holland, Utrecht and Gelderland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Germany States of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Poland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Belarus
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ukraine
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Kazakhstan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mongolia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Passing through Lake Baikal
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Strait of Tartary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Island of Sakhalin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Kiska Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Segula Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Khvostof Island, Davidof Island and Little Sitkin Island, Alaska,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Semisopochnoi Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Tanaga Island and Kanaga Island, Alaska,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Adak Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Alaska - Great Sitkin Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Passing just north of Igitkin Island, Tagalak Island and Oglodak Island, Alaska,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Atka Island and Amlia Island, Alaska,  United States
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada British Columbia - Kunghit Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Queen Charlotte Sound
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada British Columbia - Hunter Island, King Island and the mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - including Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg
Ontario
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. James Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nunavut - Charlton Island and Carey Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. James Bay
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
Quebec / Newfoundland and Labrador border (disputed by Quebec)[1]
Newfoundland and Labrador
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Strait of Belle Isle
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador - Belle Isle
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ireland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. St George's Channel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United Kingdom Wales
England

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php