35th parallel north

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35th parallel north

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.

In the United States, the parallel defines the southern border of Tennessee, and the border between North Carolina and Georgia.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 31 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 48 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 35° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
35°0′N 0°0′E / 35.000°N 0.000°E / 35.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)  Algeria
35°0′N 8°19′E / 35.000°N 8.317°E / 35.000; 8.317 (Tunisia)  Tunisia
35°0′N 10°58′E / 35.000°N 10.967°E / 35.000; 10.967 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
35°0′N 24°45′E / 35.000°N 24.750°E / 35.000; 24.750 (Greece)  Greece Island of Crete
35°0′N 25°34′E / 35.000°N 25.567°E / 35.000; 25.567 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
35°0′N 32°18′E / 35.000°N 32.300°E / 35.000; 32.300 (Cyprus)  Cyprus Including, for a short distance, the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
35°0′N 33°43′E / 35.000°N 33.717°E / 35.000; 33.717 (Dhekelia) Dhekelia  United Kingdom Sovereign Base Area (not part of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus)
35°0′N 33°51′E / 35.000°N 33.850°E / 35.000; 33.850 (Cyprus)  Cyprus
35°0′N 34°4′E / 35.000°N 34.067°E / 35.000; 34.067 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea
35°0′N 35°54′E / 35.000°N 35.900°E / 35.000; 35.900 (Syria)  Syria
35°0′N 41°14′E / 35.000°N 41.233°E / 35.000; 41.233 (Iraq)  Iraq
35°0′N 45°53′E / 35.000°N 45.883°E / 35.000; 45.883 (Iran)  Iran
35°0′N 61°7′E / 35.000°N 61.117°E / 35.000; 61.117 (Afghanistan)  Afghanistan
35°0′N 71°31′E / 35.000°N 71.517°E / 35.000; 71.517 (Pakistan)  Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Azad Kashmir - claimed by  India
Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by  India
35°0′N 77°1′E / 35.000°N 77.017°E / 35.000; 77.017 (India)  India Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by  Pakistan
35°0′N 78°7′E / 35.000°N 78.117°E / 35.000; 78.117 (Aksai Chin) Aksai Chin Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
35°0′N 80°11′E / 35.000°N 80.183°E / 35.000; 80.183 (China)  People's Republic of China Tibet
Qinghai
Gansu
Shaanxi
Gansu
Shaanxi
Shanxi
Henan
Shandong
Jiangsu
35°0′N 119°12′E / 35.000°N 119.200°E / 35.000; 119.200 (Yellow Sea) Yellow Sea
35°0′N 126°6′E / 35.000°N 126.100°E / 35.000; 126.100 (South Korea)  South Korea South Jeolla Province
South Gyeongsang Province
passing just south of Busan
35°0′N 128°50′E / 35.000°N 128.833°E / 35.000; 128.833 (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan
35°0′N 132°12′E / 35.000°N 132.200°E / 35.000; 132.200 (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshu:
Shimane Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
35°0′N 139°6′E / 35.000°N 139.100°E / 35.000; 139.100 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Sagami Bay
35°0′N 139°51′E / 35.000°N 139.850°E / 35.000; 139.850 (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshu:
Chiba Prefecture
35°0′N 139°59′E / 35.000°N 139.983°E / 35.000; 139.983 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
35°0′N 120°38′W / 35.000°N 120.633°W / 35.000; -120.633 (United States)  United States
In the United States the 35th parallel defines the southern border of Tennessee, part of the southern border of North Carolina, and the northern borders of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee / Mississippi border
Tennessee / Alabama border
Tennessee / Georgia border
North Carolina / Georgia border
South Carolina
North Carolina
35°0′N 76°8′W / 35.000°N 76.133°W / 35.000; -76.133 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
35°0′N 6°15′W / 35.000°N 6.250°W / 35.000; -6.250 (Morocco)  Morocco
35°0′N 2°8′W / 35.000°N 2.133°W / 35.000; -2.133 (Algeria)  Algeria

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