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The 51st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 51 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, 33 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 55 minutes during the winter solstice.

Capital cities between the 51st and 52nd parallels are London and Astana.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian (just north of the Sheffield Park Garden in East Sussex, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 51° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
51°0′N 0°0′E / 51.000°N 0.000°E / 51.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	United Kingdom	England: East Sussex, Kent (just south of Dover)
51°0′N 1°30′E / 51.000°N 1.500°E / 51.000; 1.500 (Strait of Dover)	Strait of Dover	Crosses the Channel Tunnel
51°0′N 2°0′E / 51.000°N 2.000°E / 51.000; 2.000 (France)	France	Nord-Pas-de-Calais — passing just south of Dunkirk and the northernmost point of France
51°0′N 2°34′E / 51.000°N 2.567°E / 51.000; 2.567 (Belgium)	Belgium	Passing all 5 provinces of Flanders
51°0′N 5°46′E / 51.000°N 5.767°E / 51.000; 5.767 (Netherlands)	Netherlands	Limburg — for about 10 km (6.2 mi) — passing through Sittard
51°0′N 5°54′E / 51.000°N 5.900°E / 51.000; 5.900 (Germany)	Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia — passing through northern Cologne Hesse Thuringia — passing through Erfurt Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia Saxony — passing just south of Dresden
51°0′N 14°15′E / 51.000°N 14.250°E / 51.000; 14.250 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic
51°0′N 14°34′E / 51.000°N 14.567°E / 51.000; 14.567 (Germany)	Germany	Saxony
51°0′N 14°55′E / 51.000°N 14.917°E / 51.000; 14.917 (Poland)	Poland	For about 4 km (2.5 mi)
51°0′N 14°58′E / 51.000°N 14.967°E / 51.000; 14.967 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic
51°0′N 15°6′E / 51.000°N 15.100°E / 51.000; 15.100 (Poland)	Poland	For about 3 km (1.9 mi)
51°0′N 15°8′E / 51.000°N 15.133°E / 51.000; 15.133 (Czech Republic)	Czech Republic	For about 3 km (1.9 mi)
51°0′N 15°10′E / 51.000°N 15.167°E / 51.000; 15.167 (Poland)	Poland	Passing just south of Wrocław
51°0′N 23°57′E / 51.000°N 23.950°E / 51.000; 23.950 (Ukraine)	Ukraine	Volyn oblast — passing just north of Lutsk Rivne Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast — passing just north of Korosten Kyiv Oblast — passing through Kyiv Reservoir Chernihiv Oblast — passing just south of Nizhyn Sumy Oblast — passing just north of Sumy
51°0′N 35°20′E / 51.000°N 35.333°E / 51.000; 35.333 (Russia)	Russia
51°0′N 49°19′E / 51.000°N 49.317°E / 51.000; 49.317 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	West Kazakhstan Region — passing just south of Oral, Kazakhstan
51°0′N 54°11′E / 51.000°N 54.183°E / 51.000; 54.183 (Russia)	Russia	For about 25 km (15.5 mi)
51°0′N 54°33′E / 51.000°N 54.550°E / 51.000; 54.550 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 14 km (8.7 mi)
51°0′N 54°46′E / 51.000°N 54.767°E / 51.000; 54.767 (Russia)	Russia	For about 118 km (73 mi)
51°0′N 56°27′E / 51.000°N 56.450°E / 51.000; 56.450 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 11 km (6.8 mi)
51°0′N 56°36′E / 51.000°N 56.600°E / 51.000; 56.600 (Russia)	Russia	For about 9 km (5.5 mi)
51°0′N 56°44′E / 51.000°N 56.733°E / 51.000; 56.733 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 39 km (24 mi)
51°0′N 57°18′E / 51.000°N 57.300°E / 51.000; 57.300 (Russia)	Russia	For about 32 km (19.8 mi)
51°0′N 57°45′E / 51.000°N 57.750°E / 51.000; 57.750 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 61 km (37 mi)
51°0′N 58°37′E / 51.000°N 58.617°E / 51.000; 58.617 (Russia)	Russia	For about 199 km (123 mi)
51°0′N 61°30′E / 51.000°N 61.500°E / 51.000; 61.500 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	Kostanay Region Akmola Region — passing just south of Derzhavinsk Passing just south of Astana Karaganda Region East Kazakhstan Region
51°0′N 79°53′E / 51.000°N 79.883°E / 51.000; 79.883 (Russia)	Russia	For about 42 km (26 mi)
51°0′N 80°29′E / 51.000°N 80.483°E / 51.000; 80.483 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 42 km (26 mi)
51°0′N 81°04′E / 51.000°N 81.067°E / 51.000; 81.067 (Russia)	Russia	For about 143 km (89 mi)
51°0′N 83°06′E / 51.000°N 83.100°E / 51.000; 83.100 (Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	For about 5 km (3.1 mi)
51°0′N 83°11′E / 51.000°N 83.183°E / 51.000; 83.183 (Russia)	Russia	For about 2 km (1.2 mi)
51°0′N 83°12′E / 51.000°N 83.200°E / 51.000; 83.200 (Russia)	Kazakhstan	For about 15 km (9.3 mi)
51°0′N 97°50′E / 51.000°N 97.833°E / 51.000; 97.833 (Mongolia)	Mongolia	Passing Lake Khövsgöl
51°0′N 102°15′E / 51.000°N 102.250°E / 51.000; 102.250 (Russia)	Russia
51°0′N 119°37′E / 51.000°N 119.617°E / 51.000; 119.617 (China)	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang
51°0′N 127°0′E / 51.000°N 127.000°E / 51.000; 127.000 (Russia)	Russia
51°0′N 140°38′E / 51.000°N 140.633°E / 51.000; 140.633 (Strait of Tartary)	Strait of Tartary
51°0′N 142°14′E / 51.000°N 142.233°E / 51.000; 142.233 (Russia)	Russia	Island of Sakhalin
51°0′N 143°36′E / 51.000°N 143.600°E / 51.000; 143.600 (Sea of Okhotsk)	Sea of Okhotsk
51°0′N 156°46′E / 51.000°N 156.767°E / 51.000; 156.767 (Russia)	Russia	Kamchatka Peninsula
51°0′N 156°51′E / 51.000°N 156.850°E / 51.000; 156.850 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of Amatignak Island, Alaska,  United States Passing just north of Vancouver Island, British Columbia,  Canada
51°0′N 127°31′W / 51.000°N 127.517°W / 51.000; -127.517 (Canada)	Canada	British Columbia — passing through city of Revelstoke Alberta — passing through city of Calgary Saskatchewan Manitoba - passing just south of the city of Dauphin Ontario - passing just south of the town of Red Lake Passing just south of the tip of James Bay (51°10′N 79°50′W / 51.167°N 79.833°W / 51.167; -79.833 (Canada)) Quebec
51°0′N 58°48′W / 51.000°N 58.800°W / 51.000; -58.800 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence)	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
51°0′N 57°3′W / 51.000°N 57.050°W / 51.000; -57.050 (Canada)	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland
51°0′N 55°50′W / 51.000°N 55.833°W / 51.000; -55.833 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just north of Groais Island, Newfoundland and Labrador,  Canada
51°0′N 4°32′W / 51.000°N 4.533°W / 51.000; -4.533 (United Kingdom)	United Kingdom	England — Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire (passing just north of Southampton), West Sussex, East Sussex

Russian America 1799–1824/25

In 1799 Paul I, Tsar of the Russian Empire, issued a ukase creating the Russian-American Company (RAC). It was granted monopolistic control north of the 55th parallel north, which had been the Russian claim since 1790, as well as the right to operate and occupy territory to the south as long as the lands had not been previously occupied, or dependent on any other nation. In 1821 the RAC's charter was renewed and at the same time an ukase proclaimed that Russian sovereignty extended south to the 51st parallel, and that waters north of that line were closed to foreign shipping. The ukase was met with strong objections by the United States and Great Britain. Subsequent negotiations resulted in a clear and permanent boundary for Russian America, the southward terminus of which was established at 54°40′ north.

See also

• 50th parallel north
• 52nd parallel north

References

1. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
2. United States, Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1892). Fur-seal Arbitration: The Case of the United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration to convene at Paris under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded February 29, 1892. United States Government Printing Office. p. 14. OCLC 68198841.
3. Haycox, Stephen W. (2002). Alaska: An American Colony. University of Washington Press. pp. 1118–1122. ISBN 978-0-295-98249-6.

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