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A subsequent royal grant gave the Colony of Pennsylvania land north of the 40th parallel but mistakenly assumed it would intersect the Twelve Mile Circle, which it does not. Pennsylvania's border was thus unclear and the colony pushed for a border far south of the 40th parallel. The Mason–Dixon Line was drawn between 1763 and 1767 as the ...
90th parallel north, the North Pole; 89 N; 88 N; 87 N; 86 N; 85 N; 84 N; ... it is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude. 0° ... 90th parallel south, ...
Territorial Governor Alvin Saunders. Pre-Civil War era Nebraska Territory was largely rural and unsettled, at the edge of the American frontier.The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 had established the 40th parallel north as the dividing line between the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 established the 40th parallel north as the dividing line between the ... between the 43rd parallel north and the Keya ...
40th parallel. 6 languages. Dansk; ... 40th parallel may refer to: 40th parallel north, a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere; 40th parallel south, ...
The 41st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 41 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 8 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 13 minutes during the winter ...
In Canadian land surveying, a base line is one of the many principal east-west lines that correspond to four tiers of townships (two tiers north and two south). The base lines are about 24 miles (39 km) apart, with the first base line at the 49th parallel , the western Canada–US border .