Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian (northeast of Boston, Lincolnshire, England) and heading eastwards, the parallel 53° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 53°0′N 0°0′E / 53.000°N 0.000°E / 53.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) United Kingdom England 53°0′N 0°8′E / 53.000°N 0.133°E / 53.000; 0.133 (North Sea) North Sea 53°0′N 4°43′E / 53.000°N 4.717°E / 53.000; 4.717 (Netherlands) Netherlands Island of Texel (Province of North Holland) 53°0′N 4°47′E / 53.000°N 4.783°E / 53.000; 4.783 (Wadden Sea) Wadden Sea 53°0′N 5°24′E / 53.000°N 5.400°E / 53.000; 5.400 (Netherlands) Netherlands Provinces of Friesland, Drenthe and Groningen 53°0′N 7°13′E / 53.000°N 7.217°E / 53.000; 7.217 (Germany) Germany 53°0′N 14°15′E / 53.000°N 14.250°E / 53.000; 14.250 (Poland) Poland 53°0′N 23°56′E / 53.000°N 23.933°E / 53.000; 23.933 (Belarus) Belarus 53°0′N 31°19′E / 53.000°N 31.317°E / 53.000; 31.317 (Russia) Russia 53°0′N 61°9′E / 53.000°N 61.150°E / 53.000; 61.150 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan For about 10km 53°0′N 61°18′E / 53.000°N 61.300°E / 53.000; 61.300 (Russia) Russia For about 7km 53°0′N 61°24′E / 53.000°N 61.400°E / 53.000; 61.400 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan For about 12km 53°0′N 61°35′E / 53.000°N 61.583°E / 53.000; 61.583 (Russia) Russia For about 18km 53°0′N 61°51′E / 53.000°N 61.850°E / 53.000; 61.850 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan For about 4km 53°0′N 61°54′E / 53.000°N 61.900°E / 53.000; 61.900 (Russia) Russia For about 15km 53°0′N 62°7′E / 53.000°N 62.117°E / 53.000; 62.117 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan 53°0′N 78°12′E / 53.000°N 78.200°E / 53.000; 78.200 (Russia) Russia Passing through Lake Baikal 53°0′N 120°26′E / 53.000°N 120.433°E / 53.000; 120.433 (China) People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang53°0′N 125°41′E / 53.000°N 125.683°E / 53.000; 125.683 (Russia) Russia 53°0′N 141°11′E / 53.000°N 141.183°E / 53.000; 141.183 (Strait of Tartary) Strait of Tartary 53°0′N 141°54′E / 53.000°N 141.900°E / 53.000; 141.900 (Russia) Russia Island of Sakhalin 53°0′N 143°17′E / 53.000°N 143.283°E / 53.000; 143.283 (Sea of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk 53°0′N 156°7′E / 53.000°N 156.117°E / 53.000; 156.117 (Russia) Russia Kamchatka Peninsula 53°0′N 158°53′E / 53.000°N 158.883°E / 53.000; 158.883 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 53°0′N 172°45′E / 53.000°N 172.750°E / 53.000; 172.750 (United States) United States Alaska - Attu Island 53°0′N 172°48′E / 53.000°N 172.800°E / 53.000; 172.800 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 53°0′N 169°45′W / 53.000°N 169.750°W / 53.000; -169.750 (United States) United States Alaska - Kagamil Island 53°0′N 169°40′W / 53.000°N 169.667°W / 53.000; -169.667 (Bering Sea) Bering Sea 53°0′N 168°55′W / 53.000°N 168.917°W / 53.000; -168.917 (United States) United States Alaska - Umnak Island, Alaska 53°0′N 168°37′W / 53.000°N 168.617°W / 53.000; -168.617 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Gulf of Alaska 53°0′N 132°23′W / 53.000°N 132.383°W / 53.000; -132.383 (Canada) Canada British Columbia - Hibben Island, Moresby Island and Louise Island 53°0′N 131°41′W / 53.000°N 131.683°W / 53.000; -131.683 (Hecate Strait) Hecate Strait 53°0′N 129°41′W / 53.000°N 129.683°W / 53.000; -129.683 (Canada) Canada British Columbia - Estevan Group, Campania Island, Princess Royal Island and the mainland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba - passing through Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg
Ontario
Nunavut - Akimiski Island53°0′N 80°50′W / 53.000°N 80.833°W / 53.000; -80.833 (James Bay) James Bay 53°0′N 78°58′W / 53.000°N 78.967°W / 53.000; -78.967 (Canada) Canada Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec - for about 10km
Newfoundland and Labrador53°0′N 55°46′W / 53.000°N 55.767°W / 53.000; -55.767 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 53°0′N 9°25′W / 53.000°N 9.417°W / 53.000; -9.417 (Ireland) Ireland 53°0′N 6°3′W / 53.000°N 6.050°W / 53.000; -6.050 (Irish Sea) Irish Sea 53°0′N 4°26′W / 53.000°N 4.433°W / 53.000; -4.433 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Wales
England
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