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.