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

Then it is exactly on the thirtieth parallel of latitude, and it stands four-square, its four sides facing exactly the four points of compass—North, South, East, and West.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

The Fram had already drifted to the 84th parallel of latitude, farther North than had yet been attained.

From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by Scott, G. Firth

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.

Its breadth, measured on a parallel of latitude, attains its maximum between St. David's Head, in South Wales, and the Naze, in Essex, where it amounts to 280 miles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various