50th parallel north
The 50th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 50 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 16 hours, 22 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 4 minutes during the winter solstice.[1] The maximum altitude of the sun on the summer solstice is 63.5 degrees and on the winter solstice it is 16.5 degrees.[2]
At this latitude, the average sea surface temperature between 1982 and 2011 was about 8.5°C (47.3°F).[3]
Around the world


Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 50° 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. English Channel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. France
Upper Normandy — for about 20 km
Picardy — passing just north of Amiens
Nord-Pas-de-Calais — for about 13 kmLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Belgium
Wallonia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. France
Champagne-Ardenne — for about 10 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Belgium
Wallonia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Luxembourg
Diekirch District Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Hesse
Rhineland-Palatinate — passing through Mainz city centre
Hesse — passing just south of Frankfurt, crossing a runway of FRA international airport and passing just south of DCF77 time signal transmitter
Bavaria — passing just north of BayreuthLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Czech Republic
Passing through southern parts of Prague Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
For about 11 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Czech Republic
For about 10 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Poland
Passing through southern districts of Kraków and Rzeszów Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ukraine
Lviv Oblast — passing just north of Lviv
Ternopil Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast — passing through KharkivLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Belgorod Oblast — for about 18 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ukraine
Luhansk Oblast — for about 12 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Belgorod Oblast
Voronezh Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Volgograd OblastLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Province Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Saratov Oblast Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Province
Aktobe Province
Kostanay Province
Karagandy Province — passing just north of Karaganda
East Kazakhstan Province — passing just north of OskemenLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Altai Republic
TuvaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mongolia
Passing through the southern tip of Uvs Lake Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Tuva Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mongolia
For about 11 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Tuva — for about 7 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mongolia
For about 11 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Tuva 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
Buryatia — for about 5 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mongolia
For about 3 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Buryatia
Zabaykalsky KraiLua 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
Zabaykalsky Krai 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
Zabaykalsky Krai Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. People's Republic of China
Inner Mongolia
HeilongjiangLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Russia
Amur Oblast
Khabarovsk KraiLua 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
Sakhalin Oblast — 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
Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir 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. Canada
British Columbia — Vancouver Island (passing through the town of Campbell River) and mainland
Alberta — passing through the city of Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Manitoba — passing just north of Winnipeg
Ontario — passing through Lake Nipigon
QuebecLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Gulf of Saint Lawrence Passing just north of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. White Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Confusion Bay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United Kingdom
England — Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, for about 7 km Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. English Channel
Sakhalin island
During the Empire of Japan era, from 1905 to 1945, the 50th parallel marked the border between the Karafuto Prefecture of Japan to the south with the Russian Empire, and later the Soviet Union, to the north in the island of Sakhalin. The entire island came under Soviet control after World War II.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
- ↑ http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151843/
- ↑ https://pielkeclimatesci.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/zonal-mean-sst-1982-2011-average.png
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.