Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 50° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 50°0′N 0°0′E / 50.000°N 0.000°E / 50.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) English Channel 50°0′N 1°15′E / 50.000°N 1.250°E / 50.000; 1.250 (France) France Upper Normandy — for about 20km
Picardy — passing just north of Amiens
Nord-Pas-de-Calais — for about 13km50°0′N 4°10′E / 50.000°N 4.167°E / 50.000; 4.167 (Belgium) Belgium Wallonia 50°0′N 4°40′E / 50.000°N 4.667°E / 50.000; 4.667 (France) France Champagne-Ardenne — for about 10km 50°0′N 4°49′E / 50.000°N 4.817°E / 50.000; 4.817 (Belgium) Belgium Wallonia 50°0′N 5°49′E / 50.000°N 5.817°E / 50.000; 5.817 (Luxembourg) Luxembourg Diekirch District 50°0′N 6°9′E / 50.000°N 6.150°E / 50.000; 6.150 (Germany) Germany Rhineland-Palatinate
Hessen
Rhineland-Palatinate — passing through Mainz city centre
Hessen — passing just south of Frankfurt, crossing a runway of FRA international airport
Bavaria — passing just north of Bayreuth50°0′N 12°26′E / 50.000°N 12.433°E / 50.000; 12.433 (Czech Republic) Czech Republic Passing through southern parts of Prague 50°0′N 17°49′E / 50.000°N 17.817°E / 50.000; 17.817 (Poland) Poland For about 11km 50°0′N 17°58′E / 50.000°N 17.967°E / 50.000; 17.967 (Czech Republic) Czech Republic For about 10km 50°0′N 18°7′E / 50.000°N 18.117°E / 50.000; 18.117 (Poland) Poland Passing just south of Kraków and Rzeszów 50°0′N 23°10′E / 50.000°N 23.167°E / 50.000; 23.167 (Ukraine) Ukraine Lviv Oblast — passing just north of Lviv
Ternopil Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast — passing through Kharkiv50°0′N 37°57′E / 50.000°N 37.950°E / 50.000; 37.950 (Russia) Russia Belgorod Oblast — for about 18km 50°0′N 38°12′E / 50.000°N 38.200°E / 50.000; 38.200 (Ukraine) Ukraine Luhansk Oblast — for about 12km 50°0′N 38°22′E / 50.000°N 38.367°E / 50.000; 38.367 (Russia) Russia Belgorod Oblast
Voronezh Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Volgograd Oblast50°0′N 47°15′E / 50.000°N 47.250°E / 50.000; 47.250 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan Province 50°0′N 48°8′E / 50.000°N 48.133°E / 50.000; 48.133 (Russia) Russia Saratov Oblast 50°0′N 48°51′E / 50.000°N 48.850°E / 50.000; 48.850 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan Province
Aktobe Province
Kostanay Province
Karagandy Province — passing just north of Karaganda
East Kazakhstan Province — passing just north of Oskemen50°0′N 85°2′E / 50.000°N 85.033°E / 50.000; 85.033 (Russia) Russia Altai Republic
Tuva50°0′N 89°58′E / 50.000°N 89.967°E / 50.000; 89.967 (Mongolia) Mongolia Passing through the southern tip of Uvs Lake 50°0′N 95°1′E / 50.000°N 95.017°E / 50.000; 95.017 (Russia) Russia Tuva 50°0′N 95°45′E / 50.000°N 95.750°E / 50.000; 95.750 (Mongolia) Mongolia For about 11km 50°0′N 95°55′E / 50.000°N 95.917°E / 50.000; 95.917 (Russia) Russia Tuva — for about 7km 50°0′N 96°2′E / 50.000°N 96.033°E / 50.000; 96.033 (Mongolia) Mongolia For about 11km 50°0′N 96°10′E / 50.000°N 96.167°E / 50.000; 96.167 (Russia) Russia Tuva 50°0′N 97°55′E / 50.000°N 97.917°E / 50.000; 97.917 (Mongolia) Mongolia 50°0′N 107°13′E / 50.000°N 107.217°E / 50.000; 107.217 (Russia) Russia Buryatia — for about 5km 50°0′N 107°18′E / 50.000°N 107.300°E / 50.000; 107.300 (Mongolia) Mongolia For about 3km 50°0′N 107°20′E / 50.000°N 107.333°E / 50.000; 107.333 (Russia) Russia Buryatia
Zabaykalsky Krai50°0′N 113°34′E / 50.000°N 113.567°E / 50.000; 113.567 (Mongolia) Mongolia 50°0′N 115°12′E / 50.000°N 115.200°E / 50.000; 115.200 (Russia) Russia Zabaykalsky Krai 50°0′N 116°1′E / 50.000°N 116.017°E / 50.000; 116.017 (Mongolia) Mongolia 50°0′N 116°20′E / 50.000°N 116.333°E / 50.000; 116.333 (Russia) Russia Zabaykalsky Krai 50°0′N 119°6′E / 50.000°N 119.100°E / 50.000; 119.100 (China) People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang50°0′N 127°29′E / 50.000°N 127.483°E / 50.000; 127.483 (Russia) Russia Amur Oblast
Khabarovsk Krai50°0′N 140°30′E / 50.000°N 140.500°E / 50.000; 140.500 (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 50°0′N 142°9′E / 50.000°N 142.150°E / 50.000; 142.150 (Russia) Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Sakhalin 50°0′N 143°59′E / 50.000°N 143.983°E / 50.000; 143.983 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 50°0′N 155°23′E / 50.000°N 155.383°E / 50.000; 155.383 (Russia) Russia Sakhalin Oblast — island of Paramushir 50°0′N 155°24′E / 50.000°N 155.400°E / 50.000; 155.400 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 50°0′N 127°19′W / 50.000°N 127.317°W / 50.000; -127.317 (Canada) Canada British Columbia — Vancouver Island and mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba — passing just north of Winnipeg
Ontario — passing through Lake Nipigon
Quebec50°0′N 66°54′W / 50.000°N 66.900°W / 50.000; -66.900 (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) Gulf of Saint Lawrence Passing just north of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada 50°0′N 57°45′W / 50.000°N 57.750°W / 50.000; -57.750 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland 50°0′N 56°46′W / 50.000°N 56.767°W / 50.000; -56.767 (White Bay) White Bay 50°0′N 56°21′W / 50.000°N 56.350°W / 50.000; -56.350 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland 50°0′N 55°52′W / 50.000°N 55.867°W / 50.000; -55.867 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Confusion Bay 50°0′N 55°33′W / 50.000°N 55.550°W / 50.000; -55.550 (Canada) Canada Newfoundland and Labrador — island of Newfoundland 50°0′N 55°31′W / 50.000°N 55.517°W / 50.000; -55.517 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom 50°0′N 5°16′W / 50.000°N 5.267°W / 50.000; -5.267 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom England — Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, for about 7km 50°0′N 5°10′W / 50.000°N 5.167°W / 50.000; -5.167 (English Channel) English Channel
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