58th parallel north
# 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.

## Around the world

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

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 58°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 58.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) North Sea 58°0′N 6°59′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 6.983°E﻿ / 58.000; 6.983﻿ (Norway)  Norway Markøy and Austre Seli, Vest-Agder 58°0′N 7°0′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.000°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.000﻿ (North Sea) Atlantic Ocean North Sea 58°0′N 7°2′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.033°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.033﻿ (Norway)  Norway Lindesnes peninsula, Vest-Agder Passing 2.3 km (1.4 mi) north of mainland Norway's southernmost point 58°0′N 7°6′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.100°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.100﻿ (Skagerrak) Atlantic Ocean Skagerrak Passing between Våre Island to the north and Udvåre Island to the south, Vest-Agder 58°0′N 7°20′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.333°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.333﻿ (Norway)  Norway Hille Island, Vest-Agder 58°0′N 7°23′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.383°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.383﻿ (Skagerrak) Atlantic Ocean Skagerrak 58°0′N 7°30′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.500°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.500﻿ (Norway)  Norway Skjernøy Island, Vest-Agder 58°0′N 7°32′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.533°E﻿ / 58.000; 7.533﻿ (Skagerrak) Atlantic Ocean Skagerrak Passing south of Uvår and Songvår Islands, Vest-Agder 58°0′N 11°32′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 11.533°E﻿ / 58.000; 11.533﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Tjörn Island, Västra Götaland County 58°0′N 11°45′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 11.750°E﻿ / 58.000; 11.750﻿ (Hakefjorden) Atlantic Ocean Hakefjorden 58°0′N 11°49′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 11.817°E﻿ / 58.000; 11.817﻿ (Sweden)  Sweden Västra Götaland County, Lake Vättern (southernmost point of Visingsö), Jönköping County, Östergötland County, Kalmar County 58°0′N 16°47′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 16.783°E﻿ / 58.000; 16.783﻿ (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean 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 / 58.000; 22.017﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia Island of Saaremaa, Saare County 58°0′N 22°11′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 22.183°E﻿ / 58.000; 22.183﻿ (Gulf of Riga) Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea 58°0′N 24°25′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 24.417°E﻿ / 58.000; 24.417﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia Pärnu County 58°0′N 24°55′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 24.917°E﻿ / 58.000; 24.917﻿ (Latvia)  Latvia For 19.8 km (12.3 mi), Valmiera District 58°0′N 25°15′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 25.250°E﻿ / 58.000; 25.250﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia For 2.7 km (1.7 mi), Viljandi County 58°0′N 25°18′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 25.300°E﻿ / 58.000; 25.300﻿ (Latvia)  Latvia For 8.6 km (5.3 mi), Valmiera District 58°0′N 25°27′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 25.450°E﻿ / 58.000; 25.450﻿ (Estonia)  Estonia Viljandi County, Valga County and Põlva County 58°0′N 27°41′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 27.683°E﻿ / 58.000; 27.683﻿ (Russia)  Russia Northwestern, Central, Volga, Ural Federal Districts, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Zabaykalsky Krai, Yakutia, Khabarovsk Krai Passing through Perm and Ust-Ilimsk 58°0′N 140°33′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 140.550°E﻿ / 58.000; 140.550﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Pacific Ocean Sea of Okhotsk 58°0′N 157°40′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 157.667°E﻿ / 58.000; 157.667﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Krai 58°0′N 161°59′E﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 161.983°E﻿ / 58.000; 161.983﻿ (Bering Sea) Pacific Ocean Bering Sea 58°0′N 157°37′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 157.617°W﻿ / 58.000; -157.617﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Alaska Peninsula 58°0′N 155°2′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 155.033°W﻿ / 58.000; -155.033﻿ (Shelikof Strait) Pacific Ocean Shelikof Strait, Gulf of Alaska 58°0′N 153°5′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 153.083°W﻿ / 58.000; -153.083﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Raspberry Island and Afognak Island 58°0′N 152°47′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 152.783°W﻿ / 58.000; -152.783﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 58°0′N 136°31′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 136.517°W﻿ / 58.000; -136.517﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Yakobi Island, Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island and the mainland 58°0′N 133°3′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 133.050°W﻿ / 58.000; -133.050﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba 58°0′N 92°49′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 92.817°W﻿ / 58.000; -92.817﻿ (Hudson Bay) Arctic Ocean Hudson Bay 58°0′N 77°12′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 77.200°W﻿ / 58.000; -77.200﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador 58°0′N 62°9′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 62.150°W﻿ / 58.000; -62.150﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 58°0′N 7°6′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 7.100°W﻿ / 58.000; -7.100﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom Island of Lewis and Harris, Scotland 58°0′N 6°23′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 6.383°W﻿ / 58.000; -6.383﻿ (The Minch) The Minch 58°0′N 5°19′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 5.317°W﻿ / 58.000; -5.317﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom  Scotland 58°0′N 3°52′W﻿ / ﻿58.000°N 3.867°W﻿ / 58.000; -3.867﻿ (North Sea) North Sea

## Climate

In general, this parallel sees significant differences in temperature and precipitation with proximity to warm ocean currents. The moderation from the Gulf Stream ensures a moderate oceanic climate in much of Western Europe and on the immediate coastline of Alaska, whereas moving inland on continental masses, subarctic climates predominate as the dark winters dominate the temperature cycle. In the transitional area centred on the Baltic Sea this latitude sees a humid continental climate with warm summers and snowy winters somewhat below freezing.

Where cold ocean currents dominate such as near Hudson Bay the climate is polar, rendering in severe winter conditions and very subdued summers. This type of climate is seen in the surroundings of Inukjuak in Quebec, Canada, where the sea ice eliminates winter moderation, but the thawing of the cold water renders in very cool summers as well. In more continental cold areas such as these winters commonly go below −30 °C or −22 °F even during the day. Further west in inland areas winters are often as severe, but summers average above 22 °C or 71.6 °F, similar to the Baltic region where climates are much gentler.

