58th parallel north

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58th parallel north

The 58th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 58 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 18 hours, 11 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 27 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 58° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
58°0′N 0°0′E / 58.000°N 0.000°E North Sea
58°0′N 7°2′E / 58.000°N 7.033°E  Norway Southernmost point
58°0′N 7°32′E / 58.000°N 7.533°E Skagerrak
58°0′N 11°32′E / 58.000°N 11.533°E  Sweden
58°0′N 16°47′E / 58.000°N 16.783°E Baltic Sea Passing just north of the islands of Gotland and Fårö,  Sweden
58°0′N 22°1′E / 58.000°N 22.017°E  Estonia Island of Saaremaa
58°0′N 22°11′E / 58.000°N 22.183°E Gulf of Riga
58°0′N 24°25′E / 58.000°N 24.417°E  Estonia
58°0′N 24°55′E / 58.000°N 24.917°E  Latvia
58°0′N 25°15′E / 58.000°N 25.250°E  Estonia For about 3 km
58°0′N 25°18′E / 58.000°N 25.300°E  Latvia For about 9 km
58°0′N 25°27′E / 58.000°N 25.450°E  Estonia
58°0′N 27°41′E / 58.000°N 27.683°E  Russia Passing through Perm and Ust-Ilimsk
58°0′N 140°33′E / 58.000°N 140.550°E Sea of Okhotsk
58°0′N 157°40′E / 58.000°N 157.667°E  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula
58°0′N 161°59′E / 58.000°N 161.983°E Bering Sea
58°0′N 157°37′W / 58.000°N 157.617°W  United States Alaska - Alaska Peninsula
58°0′N 155°2′W / 58.000°N 155.033°W Shelikof Strait
58°0′N 153°5′W / 58.000°N 153.083°W  United States Alaska - Raspberry Island and Afognak Island
58°0′N 152°47′W / 58.000°N 152.783°W Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska
58°0′N 136°31′W / 58.000°N 136.517°W  United States Alaska - Yakobi Island, Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island and the mainland
58°0′N 133°3′W / 58.000°N 133.050°W  Canada British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
58°0′N 92°49′W / 58.000°N 92.817°W Hudson Bay
58°0′N 77°12′W / 58.000°N 77.200°W  Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
58°0′N 62°9′W / 58.000°N 62.150°W Atlantic Ocean
58°0′N 7°6′W / 58.000°N 7.100°W  United Kingdom Scotland - island of Lewis and Harris
58°0′N 6°23′W / 58.000°N 6.383°W The Minch
58°0′N 5°19′W / 58.000°N 5.317°W  United Kingdom Scotland
58°0′N 3°52′W / 58.000°N 3.867°W North Sea

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