59th parallel north
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The 59th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 59 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 18 hours, 30 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 11 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 59° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 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. 
NorwayLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Skagerrak Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. NorwayHvaler islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
SwedenLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. NorwayLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SwedenPassing through Vänern lake, then passing about 35 km (22 mi) south of Stockholm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
EstoniaIsland of Hiiumaa Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Baltic Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. EstoniaIsland of Vormsi and the mainland. Passing through Lake Pihkva Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
RussiaPassing through Rybinsk Reservoir 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. RussiaZavyalov Island 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. RussiaLua 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. RussiaKamchatka Peninsula Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Bering Sea Litke Strait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. RussiaKaraginsky 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 StatesAlaska Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just north of the Barren Islands Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United StatesAlaska Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 
CanadaBritish Columbia - for about 13 km (8.1 mi) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United StatesAlaska Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaBritish Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba (not far north of Churchill).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hudson Bay Passing just south of the Ottawa Islands, Nunavut, CanadaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNunavut - an island
Quebec
Nunavut - Tiercel IslandLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ungava Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. CanadaNunavut - some islands
Quebec
Newfoundland and LabradorLua 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. 
United KingdomScotland - Mainland, Orkney Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Sea
See also
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