56th Parallel North - Around The World

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 56° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
56°0′N 0°0′E / 56.000°N 0.000°E / 56.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) North Sea
56°0′N 8°7′E / 56.000°N 8.117°E / 56.000; 8.117 (Denmark) Denmark Jutland (mainland)
56°0′N 10°17′E / 56.000°N 10.283°E / 56.000; 10.283 (Kattegat) Kattegat Passing just north of the island of Samsø, Denmark
56°0′N 11°55′E / 56.000°N 11.917°E / 56.000; 11.917 (Denmark) Denmark Island of Sjælland
56°0′N 12°35′E / 56.000°N 12.583°E / 56.000; 12.583 (Øresund) Øresund
56°0′N 12°43′E / 56.000°N 12.717°E / 56.000; 12.717 (Sweden) Sweden
56°0′N 14°44′E / 56.000°N 14.733°E / 56.000; 14.733 (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea
56°0′N 21°4′E / 56.000°N 21.067°E / 56.000; 21.067 (Lithuania) Lithuania
56°0′N 25°52′E / 56.000°N 25.867°E / 56.000; 25.867 (Latvia) Latvia
56°0′N 27°49′E / 56.000°N 27.817°E / 56.000; 27.817 (Belarus) Belarus
56°0′N 28°43′E / 56.000°N 28.717°E / 56.000; 28.717 (Russia) Russia For about 13km
56°0′N 28°55′E / 56.000°N 28.917°E / 56.000; 28.917 (Belarus) Belarus For about 17km
56°0′N 29°12′E / 56.000°N 29.200°E / 56.000; 29.200 (Russia) Russia Passing just north of Moscow
56°0′N 137°25′E / 56.000°N 137.417°E / 56.000; 137.417 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk
56°0′N 155°40′E / 56.000°N 155.667°E / 56.000; 155.667 (Russia) Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
56°0′N 162°5′E / 56.000°N 162.083°E / 56.000; 162.083 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea
56°0′N 160°34′W / 56.000°N 160.567°W / 56.000; -160.567 (United States) United States Alaska - the Alaska Peninsula
56°0′N 158°25′W / 56.000°N 158.417°W / 56.000; -158.417 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just south of the Semidi Islands, and just north of Chirikof Island, Alaska, United States
Passing just south of Kuiu Island, Alaska, United States
56°0′N 133°35′W / 56.000°N 133.583°W / 56.000; -133.583 (United States) United States Alaska - Kosciusko Island, Prince of Wales Island, Etolin Island and the Alaska Panhandle
56°0′N 130°1′W / 56.000°N 130.017°W / 56.000; -130.017 (Canada) Canada British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
56°0′N 87°26′W / 56.000°N 87.433°W / 56.000; -87.433 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay
56°0′N 79°53′W / 56.000°N 79.883°W / 56.000; -79.883 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Flaherty Island and Innetalling Island
56°0′N 78°59′W / 56.000°N 78.983°W / 56.000; -78.983 (Hudson Bay) Hudson Bay
56°0′N 76°46′W / 56.000°N 76.767°W / 56.000; -76.767 (Canada) Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
56°0′N 60°49′W / 56.000°N 60.817°W / 56.000; -60.817 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
56°0′N 6°0′W / 56.000°N 6.000°W / 56.000; -6.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Scotland - Island of Jura
56°0′N 5°48′W / 56.000°N 5.800°W / 56.000; -5.800 (Sound of Jura) Sound of Jura
56°0′N 5°41′W / 56.000°N 5.683°W / 56.000; -5.683 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Scotland
56°0′N 3°21′W / 56.000°N 3.350°W / 56.000; -3.350 (Firth of Forth) Firth of Forth Passing through the Forth Bridge, and just north of Edinburgh
56°0′N 2°53′W / 56.000°N 2.883°W / 56.000; -2.883 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Scotland
56°0′N 2°30′W / 56.000°N 2.500°W / 56.000; -2.500 (North Sea) North Sea

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