Following are circles of latitude between the 30th parallel north and the 35th parallel north:
31st parallel north
The 31st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 31 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 10 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 8 minutes during the winter solstice.
Part of the border between Iran and Iraq is defined by the parallel.
In the United States, it defines part of the border between the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, and most of the border between Alabama and Florida. Andrew Ellicott surveyed this parallel in 1797, which in Pinckney's Treaty two years before had been defined as the border between the United States and the Spanish territory of West Florida.
Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 31° north passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Sidra
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Yeruham
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! scope="row" | | Passing through Arar
! scope="row" | | Passing through Nasiriyah
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! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Balochistan Punjab |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Punjab Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Tibet Sichuan Chongqing Hubei Anhui Zhejiang Jiangsu Zhejiang - for about Jiangsu - for about Zhejiang - for about Shanghai |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Cape Sata, the southernmost point of the island of Kyūshū |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Baja California |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of California | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | |SonoraChihuahua |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | TexasLouisianaMississippi / Louisiana borderMississippiAlabamaAlabama / Florida borderGeorgia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
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32nd parallel north
The 32nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 32 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
In the United States, the parallel defines part of the border between New Mexico and Texas. It was the proposed route of the Texas Pacific Railroad.
From 27 August 1992 to 4 September 1996, the parallel defined the limit of the southern no-fly zone in Iraq as part of Operation Southern Watch. This limit was then moved to the 33rd parallel north.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 15 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 3 minutes during the winter solstice.
Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 32° north passes through:
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! scope="row" | | Passing just north of Ouargla
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Gulf of Sirte
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Passing through: Holon Beit Dagan Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv Shoham
! scope="row" | West Bank | Controlled by and
! scope="row" | | Passing through Khilda, northwestern Amman
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! scope="row" | | Passing through Al Diwaniyah
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! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | |Balochistan - for about 16 km Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Punjab Himachal Pradesh |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Tibet Qinghai Tibet (for about 12 km) Qinghai (for about 6 km) Tibet (for about 4 km) Qinghai (for about 4 km) Tibet Sichuan Chongqing Shaanxi Hubei Henan Anhui Jiangsu — passing just south of Nanjing |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Kyūshū:— Kagoshima Prefecture— Miyazaki Prefecture |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Baja California - passing 10 km north of Ensenada Sonora |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | California - Passing through San Diego County Arizona New Mexico New Mexico / Texas border Texas — passing through the cities of Midland and Hillsboro Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia — passing through the city of Savannah |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Passing just south of the Desertas Islands, Madeira,
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33rd parallel north
The 33rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 33 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It is approximate at the midpoint between the equator (0 degrees) and the Arctic Circle (66.6 degrees North Latitude.) It crosses North Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Iraq, the parallel defined the limit of the southern no-fly zone from 4 September 1996 to 30 August 2003. (Before this time, it had been set at the 32nd parallel north) as part of Operation Southern Watch.
In the United States, it approximately forms the border between Arkansas in the north and Louisiana on the south. (The border is actually a couple of kilometres north of the parallel.) The Louisiana Territory was that part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase which lay north of the 33rd parallel.
The parallel is part of the horse latitudes.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 20 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 58 minutes during the winter solstice.
Around the world Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Tripoli,
! scope="row" | | Passing through Nahariya and Amuka |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | Golan Heights | Territory controlled by , claimed by – passing through the northern edge of Katzrin
! scope="row"| UNDOF buffer zone | About
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! scope="row" | |Passing just south of Baghdad
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! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | |Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Azad Kashmir – claimed by |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | |Jammu and Kashmir – claimed by Ladakh – claimed by Himachal Pradesh
! scope="row" | Aksai Chin | Disputed between and |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Tibet Qinghai Sichuan Qinghai Sichuan Gansu Shaanxi Hubei Henan Anhui Jiangsu Anhui (for about ) Jiangsu |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South Korea Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of the island of Marado, |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Nakadōri:— Nagasaki Prefecture Island of Kyūshū:— Nagasaki Prefecture— Saga Prefecture— Kumamoto Prefecture— Ōita Prefecture Island of Shikoku:— Ehime Prefecture— Kōchi Prefecture |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | California – Northern tip of San Clemente Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Pacific Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | California – passing through Solana Beach and just north of Brawley Arizona – passing through Casa Grande Ruins National Monument New Mexico Texas – passing through the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Louisiana – passing just south of the border with Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia – passing through LaGrange, and Louisville South Carolina – passing through Goose Creek |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Cal Islet, just south of Porto Santo Island, Madeira |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |
! scope="row" | | Passing through Settat
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34th parallel north
The 34th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 34 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
The parallel formed the southern boundary of the original Colony of Virginia as outlined in the London Company charter.
In the Confederate States, the parallel formed the northern boundary of Arizona Territory.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 25 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 53 minutes during the winter solstice.
Around the world Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 34° north passes through:
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| style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Mediterranean Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just north of Beirut,
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! scope="row" | | Kermanshah Kurdistan Lorestan Hamadan Markazi Qom Isfahan Semnam South Khorasan Razavi Khorasan
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! scope="row" | | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - for about Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab - for about Azad Kashmir - claimed by
! scope="row" | |Jammu and Kashmir - Passing through Srinagar-claimed by Ladakh - claimed by
! scope="row" | Aksai Chin | Disputed between and |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Tibet Qinghai Sichuan − for about Qinghai Gansu Sichuan Gansu Shaanxi Henan Anhui Henan Anhui Jiangsu − for about Anhui − for about Jiangsu |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | East China Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing by several islands of
! scope="row" | | Port Hamilton islands |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Korea Strait | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing just south of Tsushima Island, |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Island of Honshū:— Yamaguchi Prefecture - passing through the northern suburbs of Shimonoseki Island of Shikoku:— Ehime Prefecture— Tokushima Prefecture Island of Honshū:— Wakayama Prefecture— Nara Prefecture— Mie Prefecture |-valign="top" | style="background:#b0e0e6;" |