The 57th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 57 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean,

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 17 hours, 53 minutes during the

summer solstice The summer solstice, also called the estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer ...

and 6 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice. During the summer solstice, nighttime does not get beyond nautical twilight, a condition which lasts throughout the month of June. Everyday of the month of April can view both astronomical dawn and dusk. The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 18.00º in October and > 11.00º in November. The only capital city on the 57th parallel north is

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 57° north passes through: :

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Around the world

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