54th parallel north
# 54th parallel north

The 54th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 54 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 17 hours, 9 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian (in the North Sea southeast of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 54° north passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 54°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 54.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) North Sea 54°0′N 8°52′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 8.867°E﻿ / 54.000; 8.867﻿ (Germany)  Germany State of Schleswig-Holstein 54°0′N 10°47′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 10.783°E﻿ / 54.000; 10.783﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Bay of Lübeck 54°0′N 11°1′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 11.017°E﻿ / 54.000; 11.017﻿ (Germany)  Germany State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 54°0′N 11°12′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 11.200°E﻿ / 54.000; 11.200﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea Bay of Wismar 54°0′N 11°23′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 11.383°E﻿ / 54.000; 11.383﻿ (Germany)  Germany Island of Poel, mainland, and island of Usedom 54°0′N 14°6′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 14.100°E﻿ / 54.000; 14.100﻿ (Baltic Sea) Baltic Sea 54°0′N 14°38′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 14.633°E﻿ / 54.000; 14.633﻿ (Poland)  Poland Island of Wolin, and mainland 54°0′N 23°29′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 23.483°E﻿ / 54.000; 23.483﻿ (Lithuania)  Lithuania Alytus County 54°0′N 24°36′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 24.600°E﻿ / 54.000; 24.600﻿ (Belarus)  Belarus For about 7 km (4.3 mi) 54°0′N 24°43′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 24.717°E﻿ / 54.000; 24.717﻿ (Lithuania)  Lithuania For about 8 km (5.0 mi) 54°0′N 24°50′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 24.833°E﻿ / 54.000; 24.833﻿ (Belarus)  Belarus Passing just north of Minsk 54°0′N 31°52′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 31.867°E﻿ / 54.000; 31.867﻿ (Russia)  Russia Smolensk Oblast 54°0′N 61°15′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.250°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.250﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan Kostanay Region 54°0′N 61°34′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.567°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.567﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 5 km (3.1 mi) 54°0′N 61°39′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.650°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.650﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 7 km (4.3 mi) 54°0′N 61°46′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.767°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.767﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 4 km (2.5 mi) 54°0′N 61°49′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.817°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.817﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 6 km (3.7 mi) 54°0′N 61°54′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 61.900°E﻿ / 54.000; 61.900﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 8 km (5.0 mi) 54°0′N 62°1′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 62.017°E﻿ / 54.000; 62.017﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 54°0′N 62°25′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 62.417°E﻿ / 54.000; 62.417﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 14 km (8.7 mi) 54°0′N 62°38′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 62.633°E﻿ / 54.000; 62.633﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 54°0′N 72°24′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 72.400°E﻿ / 54.000; 72.400﻿ (Russia)  Russia For about 19 km (12 mi) 54°0′N 72°42′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 72.700°E﻿ / 54.000; 72.700﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 54°0′N 73°4′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 73.067°E﻿ / 54.000; 73.067﻿ (Russia)  Russia 54°0′N 73°31′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 73.517°E﻿ / 54.000; 73.517﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan For about 15 km (9.3 mi) 54°0′N 73°44′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 73.733°E﻿ / 54.000; 73.733﻿ (Russia)  Russia 54°0′N 75°29′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 75.483°E﻿ / 54.000; 75.483﻿ (Kazakhstan)  Kazakhstan 54°0′N 76°32′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 76.533°E﻿ / 54.000; 76.533﻿ (Russia)  Russia Passing through Lake Baikal 54°0′N 137°30′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 137.500°E﻿ / 54.000; 137.500﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 54°0′N 138°46′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 138.767°E﻿ / 54.000; 138.767﻿ (Russia)  Russia 54°0′N 140°12′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 140.200°E﻿ / 54.000; 140.200﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Sakhalin Gulf 54°0′N 142°36′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 142.600°E﻿ / 54.000; 142.600﻿ (Russia)  Russia Island of Sakhalin 54°0′N 142°55′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 142.917°E﻿ / 54.000; 142.917﻿ (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 54°0′N 155°53′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 155.883°E﻿ / 54.000; 155.883﻿ (Russia)  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 54°0′N 159°56′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 159.933°E﻿ / 54.000; 159.933﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 54°0′N 169°30′E﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 169.500°E﻿ / 54.000; 169.500﻿ (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 54°0′N 166°47′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 166.783°W﻿ / 54.000; -166.783﻿ (United States)  United States Alaska - Unalaska Island 54°0′N 166°21′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 166.350°W﻿ / 54.000; -166.350﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska - passing just north of Unalga Island, and just south of Akutan Island, Rootok Island, Avatanak Island and Tigalda Island, Alaska, United States 54°0′N 133°6′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 133.100°W﻿ / 54.000; -133.100﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia - Graham Island 54°0′N 131°41′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 131.683°W﻿ / 54.000; -131.683﻿ (Hecate Strait) Hecate Strait 54°0′N 130°40′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 130.667°W﻿ / 54.000; -130.667﻿ (Canada)  Canada British Columbia - Porcher Island, Kennedy Island and the mainland - passing through the port of Kitimat and 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Prince George Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario 54°0′N 82°14′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 82.233°W﻿ / 54.000; -82.233﻿ (James Bay) James Bay 54°0′N 78°58′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 78.967°W﻿ / 54.000; -78.967﻿ (Canada)  Canada Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador 54°0′N 57°16′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 57.267°W﻿ / 54.000; -57.267﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 54°0′N 10°12′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 10.200°W﻿ / 54.000; -10.200﻿ (Ireland)  Ireland Achill Island Irish mainland: County Mayo Lough Conn County Mayo County Sligo County Roscommon Lough Key County Roscommon County Leitrim County Cavan (including Cavan Town at 54°00′00″N 7°21′32″W﻿ / ﻿54.00000°N 7.35889°W﻿ / 54.00000; -7.35889﻿ (Cavan)) County Monaghan County Louth (including Dundalk at 54°00′00″N 6°24′23″W﻿ / ﻿54.00000°N 6.40639°W﻿ / 54.00000; -6.40639﻿ (Dundalk)) 54°0′N 6°20′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 6.333°W﻿ / 54.000; -6.333﻿ (Dundalk Bay) Dundalk Bay For about 4.4 km (2.7 mi) 54°0′N 6°16′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 6.267°W﻿ / 54.000; -6.267﻿ (Ireland)  Ireland Cooley Peninsula (12 km (7.5 mi)) 54°0′N 6°7′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 6.117°W﻿ / 54.000; -6.117﻿ (Irish Sea) Irish Sea Passing just south of the Isle of Man 54°0′N 2°54′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 2.900°W﻿ / 54.000; -2.900﻿ (United Kingdom)  United Kingdom England inc. Harrogate at 54°0′N 1°30′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 1.500°W﻿ / 54.000; -1.500﻿ (Harrogate) 54°0′N 0°13′W﻿ / ﻿54.000°N 0.217°W﻿ / 54.000; -0.217﻿ (Irish Sea) North Sea
