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  2. 30th parallel south - Wikipedia

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    The 30th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees south of the Earth's equator.It stands one-third of the way between the equator and the South Pole and crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.

  3. 60th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America , and the Atlantic Ocean . Although it lies approximately twice as far away from the Equator as from the North Pole , the 60th parallel is half as long as the Equator line, due to the cosine ...

  4. 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)

  5. Equator - Wikipedia

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    The Equator during the boreal winter, spanning from December to March. The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. On Earth, the Equator is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, about 40,075 km (24,901 mi) in circumference, halfway between the North and South ...

  6. Hemispheres of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The division of Earth by the Equator and the prime meridian Map roughly depicting the Eastern and Western hemispheres. In geography and cartography, hemispheres of Earth are any division of the globe into two equal halves (hemispheres), typically divided into northern and southern halves by the Equator and into western and eastern halves by the Prime meridian.

  7. 31st parallel north - Wikipedia

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    Around the world. Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 31° north passes through: Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes

  8. 31st parallel south - Wikipedia

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    The 31st parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 31 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

  9. 36th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    In the ancient Mediterranean world, its role for navigation and geography was similar to that played by the Equator today. [1] From 7 April 1991 to 31 December 1996, the parallel defined the limit of the northern no-fly zone in Iraq. [2]