parallel of latitude
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A demarcation line and demilitarized zone roughly six miles wide shall run at about the 17th parallel of latitude along the Benhai River.
From Time Magazine Archive
We know that the distance between the cataract of Niagara and the Massachusetts line is a large hundred leagues, and that it is as great between Sandy Hook and the 45th parallel of latitude.
From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
Of course, we shall find many deflections from the precise parallel of latitude, some inclining to the south, and many turning to the northward.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
As we approached the 40th parallel of latitude, my attention was again forcibly drawn to the phenomena of the winds.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
The term has been used to cover the whole stretch of country from Pittsburg to Puget Sound, north of the Ohio River and the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
