48th parallel north

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48th parallel north

The 48th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 48 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

In Canada the parallel forms part of the border between Quebec and New Brunswick.

Ships heading north along the coast of Washington toward the Strait of Juan de Fuca must make radio contact with Canadian Coast Guard vessel traffic service upon crossing the 48th parallel.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 3 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 22 minutes during the winter solstice. If the latitude in the northern hemisphere is 48º50' or smaller, it is possible to view both astronomical dawn and dusk every day of the month of July. At the latitude of 48°33′38.58804” North, which is about 62.3 km (38.7 mi) north of this parallel, is the parallel where twilight/nighttime boundary on the June Solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 48° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
48°0′N 0°0′E	France	Brains-sur-Gée commune, Sarthe department
48°0′N 7°36′E	Germany	Baden-Württemberg - passing through Freiburg im Breisgau, less than 1 km north of the city centre Bavaria - passing through Lake Ammer, and passing just south of Munich
48°0′N 12°52′E	Austria
48°0′N 17°9′E	Hungary	For about 8 km
48°0′N 17°16′E	Slovakia
48°0′N 18°49′E	Hungary
48°0′N 22°51′E	Ukraine	For about 6 km - Vynohradiv Raion
48°0′N 22°56′E	Romania	For about 4 km
48°0′N 23°0′E	Ukraine	For about 4 km - Vynohradiv Raion
48°0′N 23°3′E	Romania
48°0′N 23°24′E	Ukraine	Zakarpattia Oblast — passing just south of Rakhiv Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
48°0′N 26°11′E	Romania
48°0′N 27°8′E	Moldova	Passing through Transnistria
48°0′N 28°54′E	Ukraine	Odesa Oblast — passing just north of Balta Mykolaiv Oblast — passing just north of Yuzhnoukrainsk Kirovohrad Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast — for about 8 km Kirovohrad Oblast — for about 2 km Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — passing through Kryvyi Rih Zaporizhzhia Oblast — passing just north of Zaporizhzhia Donetsk Oblast — passing through Donetsk Luhansk Oblast — passing just south of Dovzhansk
48°0′N 39°48′E	Russia	Rostov Oblast Volgograd Oblast Kalmykia Astrakhan Oblast
48°0′N 47°1′E	Kazakhstan
48°0′N 85°34′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang
48°0′N 89°2′E	Mongolia
48°0′N 89°17′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang
48°0′N 89°35′E	Mongolia	Passing just north of Ulaanbaatar
48°0′N 115°30′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia
48°0′N 117°47′E	Mongolia
48°0′N 118°28′E	People's Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Heilongjiang
48°0′N 130°44′E	Russia	Jewish Autonomous Oblast
48°0′N 132°52′E	People's Republic of China	Heilongjiang
48°0′N 134°33′E	Russia	Khabarovsk Krai Primorsky Krai Khabarovsk Krai
48°0′N 139°33′E	Strait of Tartary
48°0′N 142°12′E	Russia	Island of Sakhalin
48°0′N 142°32′E	Sea of Okhotsk	Passing between the islands of Rasshua and Ushishir in  Russia's Kuril Island chain
48°0′N 153°10′E	Pacific Ocean
48°0′N 124°41′W	United States	Washington - Olympic Peninsula (mainland), Whidbey Island, and the mainland at Everett Idaho Montana - passing through Fort Peck Dam North Dakota - just south of Devils Lake; just north of Grand Forks Minnesota - through Red Lake
48°0′N 89°56′W	Canada	Ontario - for about 7 km
48°0′N 89°50′W	United States	Minnesota - passing through Grand Portage State Park
48°0′N 89°35′W	Canada	Ontario - for about 2 km
48°0′N 89°34′W	Lake Superior
48°0′N 88°59′W	United States	Michigan - Isle Royale
48°0′N 88°41′W	Lake Superior
48°0′N 85°54′W	Canada	Ontario Quebec
48°0′N 69°47′W	Saint Lawrence River
48°0′N 69°30′W	Canada	Quebec - Île Verte and mainland Quebec / New Brunswick border Quebec New Brunswick - passing through Campbellton
48°0′N 66°19′W	Baie des Chaleurs	Just passing south of the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec,  Canada
48°0′N 64°33′W	Canada	New Brunswick - Miscou Island - passing just south of the Miscou Island Lighthouse
48°0′N 64°29′W	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
48°0′N 59°17′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador - island of Newfoundland. From west to east, the parallel enters the island near the Anguille Mountains then passes near the community of North Branch. Further east it passes 1 km north of the Bay d'Espoir Generating Station, and through the community of Queen's Cove.
48°0′N 53°39′W	Trinity Bay
48°0′N 53°19′W	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador - Bay de Verde Peninsula, island of Newfoundland (from Hants Harbour to Lower Island Cove)
48°0′N 52°59′W	Atlantic Ocean
48°0′N 4°30′W	France	Quimper, Brittany

See also

• 47th parallel north
• 49th 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.