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] On 21 June, the sun is at 63.83 degrees in the sky and on 21 December, the sun is at 16.17 degrees in the sky.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 50° north passes through:
During the Empire of Japan era, from 1905 to 1945, the 50th Parallel marked the border between the Karafuto Prefecture of Japan with the Sakhalin Oblast of the Soviet Union. The entire island of Sakhalin became under Soviet control after World War II.
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