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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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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_parallel_south 23rd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_parallel_south 23rd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=23}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-23}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=23}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-23}}|} | ||
==24th parallel== | ==24th parallel== | ||
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==28th parallel== | ==28th parallel== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_parallel_north 28th parallel north | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_parallel_north 28th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_parallel_south 28th parallel south | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_parallel_south 28th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=28}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-28}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=28}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-28}}|} | ||
==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}}|} | ||
==30th parallel== | ==30th parallel== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_parallel_north 30th parallel north | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_parallel_north 30th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_parallel_south 30th parallel south | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_parallel_south 30th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=30}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-30}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=30}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-30}}|} | ||
==31st parallel== | ==31st parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_parallel_north 31st parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_parallel_south 31st parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=31}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-31}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=31}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-31}}|} | ||
==32nd parallel== | ==32nd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_parallel_north 32nd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_parallel_south 32nd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=32}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-32}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=32}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-32}}|} | ||
==33rd parallel== | ==33rd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_parallel_north 33rd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_parallel_south 33rd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=33}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-33}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=33}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-33}}|} | ||
==34th parallel== | ==34th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_parallel_north 34th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_parallel_south 34th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=34}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-34}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=34}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-34}}|} | ||
==35th parallel== | ==35th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_parallel_north 35th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_parallel_south 35th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=35}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-35}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=35}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-35}}|} | ||
==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}}|} | ||
==37th parallel== | ==37th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_parallel_north 37th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_parallel_south 37th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=37}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-37}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=37}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-37}}|} | ||
==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. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=38}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-38}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=38}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-38}}|} | ||
==39th parallel== | ==39th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_parallel_north 39th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_parallel_north 39th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=39}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-39}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=39}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-39}}|} | ||
==40th parallel== | ==40th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_parallel_north 40th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_parallel_south 40th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=40}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-40}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=40}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-40}}|} | ||
==41st parallel== | ==41st parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_parallel_north 41st parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_parallel_south 41st parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=41}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-41}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=41}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-41}}|} | ||
==42nd parallel== | ==42nd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_parallel_north 42nd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_parallel_south 42nd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=42}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-42}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=42}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-42}}|} | ||
==43rd parallel== | ==43rd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_parallel_north 43rd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_parallel_south 43rd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=43}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-43}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=43}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-43}}|} | ||
==44th parallel== | ==44th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_parallel_north 44th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_parallel_south 44th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=44}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-44}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=44}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-44}}|} | ||
==45th parallel== | ==45th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_parallel_north 45th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_parallel_south 45th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=45}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-45}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=45}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-45}}|} | ||
==46th parallel== | ==46th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_parallel_north 46th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_parallel_south 46th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=46}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-46}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=46}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-46}}|} | ||
==47th parallel== | ==47th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_parallel_north 47th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_parallel_south 47th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=47}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-47}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=47}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-47}}|} | ||
==48th parallel== | ==48th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_parallel_north 48th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_parallel_north 48th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=48}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-48}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=48}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-48}}|} | ||
==49th parallel== | ==49th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_north 49th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_south 49th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=49}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-49}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=49}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-49}}|} | ||
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==70th parallel== | ==70th parallel== | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_parallel_north 70th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_parallel_south 70th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=70}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-70}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=70}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-70}}|} | ||
==71st parallel== | ==71st parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st_parallel_north 71st parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st_parallel_south 71st parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=71}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-71}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=71}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-71}}|} | ||
==72nd parallel== | ==72nd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_parallel_north 72nd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_parallel_south 72nd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=72}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-72}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=72}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-72}}|} | ||
==73rd parallel== | ==73rd parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_parallel_north 73rd parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_parallel_south 73rd parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=73}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-73}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=73}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-73}}|} | ||
==74th parallel== | ==74th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_parallel_north 74th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_parallel_south 74th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=74}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-74}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=74}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-74}}|} | ||
==75th parallel== | ==75th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_parallel_north 75th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_parallel_south 75th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=75}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-75}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=75}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-75}}|} | ||
==76th parallel== | ==76th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_parallel_north 76th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_parallel_south 76th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
The 76th Parallel Escarpment in Antarctica is also known as the [ | The 76th Parallel Escarpment in Antarctica is also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usas_Escarpment Usas Escarpment]. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=76}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-76}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=76}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-76}}|} | ||
==77th parallel== | ==77th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_parallel_north 77th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_parallel_south 77th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=77}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-77}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=77}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-77}}|} | ||
==78th parallel== | ==78th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_parallel_north 78th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_parallel_south 78th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=78}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-78}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=78}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-78}}|} | ||
==79th parallel== | ==79th parallel== | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_parallel_north 79th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
*[ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_parallel_south 79th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=79}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-79}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=79}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-79}}|} | ||
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==81st parallel== | ==81st parallel== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_parallel_north 81st parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_parallel_north 81st parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_parallel_south 81st parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere, in Antarctica | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=81}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-81}}|} | {|| {{Location map-line|lat=81}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-81}}|} | ||
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==87th parallel== | ==87th parallel== | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_parallel_north 87th parallel north], a circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Arctic Ocean | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_parallel_south 87th parallel south], a circle of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere, in Antarctica | ||
{|| {{Location map-line|lat=87}}| {{Location map-line|lat=-87}}|} | |||
==88th parallel== | ==88th parallel== | ||
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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]] |