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The Arctic Circle (66° 33′ 38″ N) | The Arctic Circle (66° 33′ 38″ N) | ||
The Tropic of Cancer (23° 26′ 22″ N) | |||
The Equator (0° latitude) | The [[Tropic of Cancer]] (23° 26′ 22″ N) | ||
The [[Equator]] (0° latitude) | |||
The Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26′ 22″ S) | The Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26′ 22″ S) | ||
The Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ 38″ S) | The Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ 38″ S) | ||
Following is a list of circles of latitude on Earth. | Following is a list of circles of latitude on Earth. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_latitude Circles of Latitude, Wikipedia] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_latitude Circles of Latitude, Wikipedia] | ||
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==29th parallel== | ==29th parallel== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_parallel_north 29th parallel north | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_parallel_north 29th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_parallel_south 29th parallel south | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_parallel_south 29th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=29}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-29}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=29}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-29}}|} | ||
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==36th parallel== | ==36th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_parallel_north 36th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_parallel_north 36th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=36}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-36}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=36}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-36}}|} | ||
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==38th parallel== | ==38th parallel== | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_north 38th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere., most notably used as the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_structures 38th parallel structures] are a series of circular depressions roughly on the 38th parallel north. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_parallel_south 38th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_parallel_south 38th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=38}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-38}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=38}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-38}}|} | ||
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* 90th parallel south, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole South Pole] | * 90th parallel south, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole South Pole] | ||
==See Also== | |||
[[Lines of Longitude (East)]] | |||
[[Lines of Longitude (West)]] | |||
[[Category:HGS Manual]] | [[Category:HGS Manual]] | ||
[[Category:PEG Gridwork]] | [[Category:PEG Gridwork]] |