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Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=55th_parallel_south&amp;action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">introducing citations to additional sources</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&amp;q=%2255th+parallel+south%22">"55th parallel south"</a>&#160;–&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&amp;q=%2255th+parallel+south%22+-wikipedia&amp;tbs=ar:1">news</a>&#160;<b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&amp;q=%2255th+parallel+south%22&amp;tbs=bkt:s&amp;tbm=bks">newspapers</a>&#160;<b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&amp;q=%2255th+parallel+south%22+-wikipedia">books</a>&#160;<b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%2255th+parallel+south%22">scholar</a>&#160;<b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%2255th+parallel+south%22&amp;acc=on&amp;wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>55th parallel south</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_latitude" title="Circle of latitude">circle of latitude</a> that is 55 <a href="/wiki/Degree_(angle)" title="Degree (angle)">degrees</a> <a href="/wiki/South" title="South">south</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth's</a> <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equatorial plane</a>. It crosses the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. </p><p>At this latitude the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">sun</a> is visible for 17 hours, 22 minutes during the <a href="/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice">December solstice</a> and 7 hours, 10 minutes during the <a href="/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">June solstice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The longest continuous east–west distance at sea is along this latitude, at 55°59'S. (see <a href="/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Along_constant_latitude" title="Extremes on Earth">Extremes on Earth §&#160;Along constant latitude</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Around_the_world">Around the world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=55th_parallel_south&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Around the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting at the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Meridian">Prime Meridian</a> and heading eastwards, the parallel 55° south passes through: </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="125">Coordinates </th> <th scope="col">Country, territory or ocean </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#b0e0e6;"><span class="geo-inline"><style 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