34th parallel north

Last updated
World location map (equirectangular 180).svg
34°
34th parallel north
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

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.

Contents

The parallel formed the southern boundary of the original Colony of Virginia as outlined in the London Company charter. [1]

In the Confederate States, the parallel formed the northern boundary of Arizona Territory. [2]

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. [3]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 34° north passes through:

Co-ordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
34°0′N0°0′E / 34.000°N 0.000°E / 34.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
34°0′N7°33′E / 34.000°N 7.550°E / 34.000; 7.550 (Tunisia) Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
34°0′N10°3′E / 34.000°N 10.050°E / 34.000; 10.050 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of Beirut, Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
34°0′N35°39′E / 34.000°N 35.650°E / 34.000; 35.650 (Lebanon) Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
34°0′N36°22′E / 34.000°N 36.367°E / 34.000; 36.367 (Syria) Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
34°0′N40°6′E / 34.000°N 40.100°E / 34.000; 40.100 (Iraq) Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
34°0′N45°27′E / 34.000°N 45.450°E / 34.000; 45.450 (Iran) Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Kermanshah
Kurdistan
Lorestan
Hamadan
Markazi
Qom
Isfahan
Semnam
South Khorasan
Razavi Khorasan
34°0′N60°30′E / 34.000°N 60.500°E / 34.000; 60.500 (Afghanistan) Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
34°0′N69°54′E / 34.000°N 69.900°E / 34.000; 69.900 (Pakistan) Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
34°0′N70°10′E / 34.000°N 70.167°E / 34.000; 70.167 (Afghanistan) Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
34°0′N70°55′E / 34.000°N 70.917°E / 34.000; 70.917 (Pakistan) Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - for about 8 km (5.0 mi)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab - for about 3 km (1.9 mi)
Azad Kashmir - claimed by Flag of India.svg  India
34°0′N74°15′E / 34.000°N 74.250°E / 34.000; 74.250 (India) Flag of India.svg  India Jammu and Kashmir - Passing through Srinagar-claimed by Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Ladakh - claimed by Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
34°0′N78°45′E / 34.000°N 78.750°E / 34.000; 78.750 (Aksai Chin) Aksai Chin Disputed between Flag of India.svg  India and Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
34°0′N78°54′E / 34.000°N 78.900°E / 34.000; 78.900 (China) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China Tibet
Qinghai
Sichuan − for about 4 km (2.5 mi)
Qinghai
Gansu
Sichuan
Gansu
Shaanxi
Henan
Anhui
Henan
Anhui
Jiangsu − for about 5 km (3.1 mi)
Anhui − for about 4 km (2.5 mi)
Jiangsu
34°0′N120°23′E / 34.000°N 120.383°E / 34.000; 120.383 (East China Sea) East China Sea Passing by several islands of Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
34°0′N127°19′E / 34.000°N 127.317°E / 34.000; 127.317 (South Korea) Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Port Hamilton islands
34°0′N127°20′E / 34.000°N 127.333°E / 34.000; 127.333 (Korea Strait) Korea Strait Passing just south of Tsushima Island, Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
34°0′N130°55′E / 34.000°N 130.917°E / 34.000; 130.917 (Japan) Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 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
34°0′N136°16′E / 34.000°N 136.267°E / 34.000; 136.267 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing between the islands of Miyakejima and Mikurajima, Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Passing just south of San Miguel Island, California, Flag of the United States.svg  United States
34°0′N120°14′W / 34.000°N 120.233°W / 34.000; -120.233 (United States) Flag of the United States.svg  United States California - Santa Rosa Island and Santa Cruz Island
34°0′N119°33′W / 34.000°N 119.550°W / 34.000; -119.550 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Anacapa Island, California, Flag of the United States.svg  United States
34°0′N118°29′W / 34.000°N 118.483°W / 34.000; -118.483 (United States) Flag of the United States.svg  United States California - passing through Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas - passing through Sheppard AFB
Oklahoma - passing through Durant and Hugo
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia - passing through Kennesaw and Athens
South Carolina - passing through Columbia
North Carolina - passing through Kure Beach
34°0′N77°54′W / 34.000°N 77.900°W / 34.000; -77.900 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
34°0′N6°53′W / 34.000°N 6.883°W / 34.000; -6.883 (Morocco) Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Passing through Rabat and Fez
34°0′N1°40′W / 34.000°N 1.667°W / 34.000; -1.667 (Algeria) Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

See also

Related Research Articles

The 41st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 41 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 42nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 42 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 40th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 40 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">33rd parallel north</span> Circle of latitude

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 and the Arctic Circle It crosses North Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 37th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The 45th parallel north is often called the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole, but the true halfway point is 16.0 km (9.9 mi) north of it because Earth is an oblate spheroid; that is, it bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles.

The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. In the ancient Mediterranean world, its role for navigation and geography was similar to that played by the Equator today.

The 39th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parallel 36°30′ north</span> Historically significant latitude

The 'parallel 36°30′ n is a circle of latitude that is 36 and one-half degrees north of the equator of the Earth. This parallel of latitude is particularly significant in the history of the United States as the line of the Missouri Compromise, which was used to divide the prospective slave and free states west of the Mississippi River, with the exception of Missouri, which is mostly north of this parallel.

The 35th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 35 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 55th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 55 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">20th parallel north</span> Circle of latitude

The 20th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 50th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 50 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 60th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">25th parallel north</span> Circle of latitude

The 25th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">26th parallel north</span> Circle of latitude

The 26th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 26 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">51st parallel north</span> Circle of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere

The 51st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 51 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, and 10 degrees south of the North Pole, in the Arctic. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia, the Arctic Ocean and North America.

The 48th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 48 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The 38th parallel north formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War.

References

  1. "The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606". The Avalon Project. 2008.
  2. "Confederate Statutes - CHAP. XLIV.--An Act to organize the Territory of Arizona - 1862, Jan. 18".
  3. "Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year". Archived from the original on 2007-12-23.