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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]
The parallel 36°30′ north 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 east of the Mississippi River , with ...
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36th parallel may refer to: 36th parallel north , a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere 36th parallel south , a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere
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)
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The 35th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 35 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa , the Mediterranean Sea , Asia , the Pacific Ocean , North America and the Atlantic Ocean .