56th parallel of north latitude
The 56th parallel of the north latitude is the line of latitude , which is 56 degrees north of the equator and crosses Europe , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America and the Atlantic Ocean .
At this latitude, the Sun at the time of the summer solstice can be seen at 17 hours and 37 minutes, at the time of the winter solstice - 6 hours, 57 minutes [1] .
Passes through
Starting from the Greenwich meridian to the east, the 56th parallel of northern latitude passes through Northern Europe , the Baltic States , Russia , the USA , Canada :
Coordinates Country, Territory or Sea Notes North Sea 
DenmarkJutland Kattegat It passes north of Samsø Island, DenmarkIsland zealand Öresund 
SwedenBaltic Sea Lithuania Latvia Passes north of Daugavpils Belarus Russia About 13 km Belarus About 17 km Russia Passes through Pskov ( Nevel ), Tverskaya , Smolensk , Moscow ( Volokolamsk , Zelenograd , Lobnya , Pushkino , Chernogolovka ), Vladimirskaya ( Lakinsk , Sobinka , settlement of Ulybyshevo , village of Sergievy-Gorki ), Nizhny Novgorod (settlement of Tumbotino , the city of Pavlovo , Vorsma , Lake Tuscany , settlement Red Brick , Lyskovo ) regions, Chuvash Republic (south of Cheboksary ), Mariy El Republic (north of Zvenigov ), Republic of Tatarstan , Udmurt Republic (south of Grakhovo village , through Krymskaya Sludka ), Republic of Tatarstan ( Nizhnekamsk reservoir ) Udmurt P republics of, Bashkortostan Republic (s. Starobaltachovo , Meteli south Neftekamsk ) Chelyabinsk (south Nyazepetrovsk , Nyazepetrovsk reservoir south Upper Ufaleya through Lake. Arakul , pos. Vishnevogorsky , lakes Strong , Gunpowder , Mayan ) Kurgan (south Shadrinska ) Tyumen (Lake Mergen ), Omsk (village Krutinka , Lake Ik ), Novosibirsk (Lake Uguy, village Uguy ), Tomsk (village Voronovo ), Kemerovo (south of the station and he. Taiga , Anzhero-Sudzhensk ), Krasnoyarsk Territory ( Nazarovo , north of Divnogorsk , Krasnoyarsk , north of Zaozerny ), Irkutsk Region (north of Biryusinsk , Bratsk Reservoir , Okunaysky village), Republic of Buryatia ( Angoy village), Trans-Baikal Territory (north of. Middle Kalar ), Amur Region (pos. Chilchi ), Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (south of Neryungri ), pos. Zolotinka ), oz. Bolshoy Toko ), Khabarovsk Territory (to the north of the Jan weather station) Sea of Okhotsk Russia Kamchatka Bering Sea USA Alaska Peninsula, Alaska Pacific Ocean Alaska Bay, passes south of Semidi Island and north of Chirikov Island, Alaska , Passes to the south of the island Kuyu , Alaska ,
USA Kosciusko Islands, Prince of Wales , Etholin , Southeast Alaska
Canada British Columbia
Alberta , Saskatchewan,
Mantioba , OntarioHudson bay Canada Flaherty Islands and Innetalling Hudson bay Canada Quebec , Newfoundland and Labrador
Atlantic Ocean Great Britain Isle of Jura, Scotland Jura strait Great Britain Scotland Firth of Forth Passes by Fort Bridge and north of edinburgh
Great Britain Scotland North Sea
