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| [[England]] — [[The Lizard|Lizard Peninsula]], [[Cornwall]], for about 7 km |
| [[England]] — [[The Lizard|Lizard Peninsula]], [[Cornwall]], for about 7 km |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[English Channel]] |
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==Around the world== |
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[[File:Geodesia Stele.jpg|thumb| A sculpture at the Rhein-Main Regional Park ([[:de:Regionalpark_Rhein-Main|de]]) in Germany showing [[Mainz]] and other cities around the world that lie along the 50th parallel north]] |
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[[File:50. Breitengrad in Mainz.jpg|thumb| 50th latitude mark in central [[Mainz]], Germany]] |
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[[Image:Памятник 50 параллели в Харькове.jpg|thumb|A plaque marking the 50th parallel north in [[Kharkiv]], Ukraine]] |
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Starting at the [[Prime Meridian]] and heading eastwards, the parallel 50° north passes through: |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|0|0|E|type:landmark|name=Prime Meridian}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[English Channel]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|1|15|E|type:country|name=France}} |
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! scope="row" | {{FRA}} |
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| [[Upper Normandy]] — for about 20 km<br/>[[Picardy (region)|Picardy]] — passing just north of [[Amiens]]<br/>[[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] — for about 13 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|4|10|E|type:country|name=Belgium}} |
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! scope="row" | {{BEL}} |
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| [[Wallonia]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|4|40|E|type:country|name=France}} |
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! scope="row" | {{FRA}} |
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| [[Champagne-Ardenne]] — for about 10 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|4|49|E|type:country|name=Belgium}} |
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! scope="row" | {{BEL}} |
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| [[Wallonia]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|5|49|E|type:country|name=Luxembourg}} |
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! scope="row" | {{LUX}} |
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| [[Diekirch District]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|6|9|E|type:country|name=Germany}} |
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! scope="row" | {{DEU}} |
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| [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]<br/> [[Hesse]]<br/> [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] — passing through [[Mainz]] [[Gutenbergplatz (Mainz)|city centre]]<br/> [[Hesse]] — passing just south of [[Frankfurt]], crossing a runway of FRA international airport and passing just south of [[DCF77]] time signal transmitter<br/> [[Bavaria]] — passing just north of [[Bayreuth]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|12|26|E|type:country|name=Czech Republic}} |
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! scope="row" | {{CZE}} |
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| Passing through southern parts of [[Prague]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|17|49|E|type:country|name=Poland}} |
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! scope="row" | {{POL}} |
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| For about 11 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|17|58|E|type:country|name=Czech Republic}} |
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! scope="row" | {{CZE}} |
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| For about 10 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|18|7|E|type:country|name=Poland}} |
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! scope="row" | {{POL}} |
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| Passing through southern districts of [[Kraków]] (on the [[20th meridian east]])<br/>Passing through southern districts of [[Tarnów]] (on the [[21st meridian east]])<br/>Passing through southern districts of [[Rzeszów]] (on the [[22nd meridian east]]) |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|23|10|E|type:country|name=Ukraine}} |
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! scope="row" | {{UKR}} |
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| [[Lviv Oblast]] — passing just north of [[Lviv]]<br/> [[Ternopil Oblast]] — passing through [[Pochaiv]]<br/> [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]]<br/> [[Zhytomyr Oblast]] — passing through [[Andrushivka]]<br/> [[Kyiv Oblast]]<br/> [[Cherkasy Oblast]]<br/> [[Poltava Oblast]] — passing through [[Lubny]]<br/> [[Kharkiv Oblast]] — passing through [[Kharkiv]] city centre |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|37|57|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Belgorod Oblast]] — for about 18 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|38|12|E|type:country|name=Ukraine}} |
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! scope="row" | {{UKR}} |
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| [[Luhansk Oblast]] — for about 12 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|38|22|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Belgorod Oblast]]<br/> [[Voronezh Oblast]] — passing just north of [[Boguchar]]<br/> [[Rostov Oblast]]<br/> [[Volgograd Oblast]] — passing just south of [[Kamyshin]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|47|15|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}} |
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! scope="row" | {{KAZ}} |
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| [[West Kazakhstan Province]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|48|8|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Saratov Oblast]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|48|51|E|type:country|name=Kazakhstan}} |
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! scope="row" | {{KAZ}} |
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| [[West Kazakhstan Province]]<br/> [[Aktobe Province]]<br/> [[Kostanay Province]]<br/> [[Karagandy Province]] — passing just north of [[Karaganda]]<br/> [[East Kazakhstan Province]] — passing just north of [[Oskemen]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|85|2|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Altai Republic]]<br/> [[Tuva]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|89|58|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| Passing through the southern tip of [[Uvs Lake]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|95|1|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Tuva]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|95|45|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| For about 11 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|95|55|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Tuva]] — for about 7 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|96|2|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| For about 11 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|96|10|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Tuva]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|97|55|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|107|13|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Republic of Buryatia|Buryatia]] — for about 5 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|107|18|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| For about 3 km |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|107|20|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Republic of Buryatia|Buryatia]]<br/> [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|113|34|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|115|12|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|116|1|E|type:country|name=Mongolia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{MNG}} |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|116|20|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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| [[Zabaykalsky Krai]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|119|6|E|type:country|name=China}} |
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! scope="row" | {{PRC}} |
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| [[Inner Mongolia]]<br/> [[Heilongjiang]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|127|29|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Amur Oblast]]<br/> [[Khabarovsk Krai]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|140|30|E|type:waterbody|name=Strait of Tartary}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Strait of Tartary]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|142|9|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Sakhalin Oblast]] — island of [[Sakhalin]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|143|59|E|type:waterbody|name=Sea of Okhotsk}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Sea of Okhotsk]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|155|23|E|type:country|name=Russia}} |
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! scope="row" | {{RUS}} |
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| [[Sakhalin Oblast]] — island of [[Paramushir]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|155|24|E|type:waterbody|name=Pacific Ocean}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|127|19|W|type:country|name=Canada}} |
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! scope="row" | {{CAN}} |
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| [[British Columbia]] — [[Vancouver Island]] (passing through the town of [[Campbell River, British Columbia|Campbell River]]) and mainland, also through the Okanagan Valley immediately north of [[Kelowna]].<br/> [[Alberta]] — passing through the city of [[Medicine Hat]]<br/> [[Saskatchewan]] it passes a few km south of the cities of [[Swift Current]], [[Moose Jaw]] and the capital, [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]<br/> [[Manitoba]] — passing just north of [[Winnipeg]]<br/> [[Ontario]] — passing through [[Lake Nipigon]]<br/> [[Quebec]] - passing through the town of [[Port-Cartier]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|66|54|W|type:waterbody|name=Gulf of Saint Lawrence}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of [[Anticosti Island]], [[Quebec]], {{CAN}} |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|57|45|W|type:country|name=Canada}} |
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| [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] — island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|56|46|W|type:waterbody|name=White Bay}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[White Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)|White Bay]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|56|21|W|type:country|name=Canada}} |
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! scope="row" | {{CAN}} |
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| [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] — island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|55|52|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Confusion Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Confusion Bay]] |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|55|33|W|type:country|name=Canada}} |
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! scope="row" | {{CAN}} |
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| [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] — island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|55|31|W|type:waterbody|name=Atlantic Ocean}} |
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! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]] |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[England]], {{UK}} |
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| {{Coord|50|0|N|5|16|W|type:country|name=United Kingdom}} |
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! scope="row" | {{UK}} |
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| [[England]] — [[Lizard, Cornwall|Lizard]] Peninsula, [[Cornwall]], for about 7 km |
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|5|10|W|type:waterbody|name=English Channel}} |
| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | {{Coord|50|0|N|5|10|W|type:waterbody|name=English Channel}} |