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  2. Parallel 36°30′ north - Wikipedia

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    The parallel 36°30north is a circle of latitude that is 36 1 ⁄ 2 degrees north of the equator of the Earth. This parallel of latitude is particularly significant in the history of the United States as the line of the Missouri Compromise , which was used to divide the prospective slave and free states west of the Mississippi River , with ...

  3. 36th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. In the ancient Mediterranean world, its role for navigation and geography was similar to that played by the Equator today. [1]

  4. List of circles of latitude - Wikipedia

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    The equator, a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the northern and southern hemispheres. On Earth, it is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude . 0°

  5. Talk:Parallel 36°30′ north - Wikipedia

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    " As they worked west their line drifted north until by the time they reached the river they were about 3° north of 36°30′" 3 degrees is incorrect. At the most northern part of the Tennessee border is 36° 40'. 3 degrees too far north would be close to Indianapolis. I think the author writing this meant 10 minutes instead of 3 degrees.

  6. Crittenden Compromise - Wikipedia

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    Slavery would be prohibited in any territory of the United States "now held, or hereafter acquired", north of latitude 36 degrees, 30 minutes line. In territories south of this line, slavery of the African race was "hereby recognized" and could not be interfered with by Congress. Furthermore, property in African slaves was to be "protected by ...

  7. List of countries by latitude - Wikipedia

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    Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)

  8. College Sports Subsidy Scorecards - The Huffington Post

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    See scorecard North Dakota State University-Main Campus. Total subsidy income, 2010 - 2014: $38,854,412 < 25% subsidized. 26 to 50%. 51 to 75% > 76% subsidized.

  9. 30th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 30th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees ... 5 minutes during ... the maximum altitude of the sun is 83.44 degrees and 36.56 degrees on 21 ...