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The 36th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean , the Indian Ocean , Australasia , the Pacific Ocean and South America .
36th parallel south, a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere This page was last edited on 4 February 2018, at 22:17 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The sixth standard parallel south of Mount Diablo Range at 35°48′ north, 13.8344 miles south of the 36th parallel, forms a continuous boundary between the California counties of Monterey, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo on the north and the counties of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino on the south. [4]
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery above the 36th parallel, with the exception of Missouri itself. The sweeping Dred Scott decision would spur what would ultimately become the Civil War.
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The expedition collapsed at the 36th parallel of latitude. On 16 December 1847 the South Australian Government published a proclamation that the "line as marked on the ground" by Wade should be "deemed and construed" to be the eastern boundary of South Australia. In March, 1849 New South Wales issued a proclamation in similar terms. Wade died ...
During the American Civil War (1861–65), all of the states located wholly south of 36°30′ north joined the Confederate States of America. All of the states with land north of the parallel, except Virginia, stayed in the Union, although Kentucky and Missouri had Confederate legislatures that were elected in parallel with their regular ...
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