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
It is proposed, as we were informed at Brisbane, to separate the north of Queensland from the south, at the twenty-second parallel of latitude, and to form the northern portion into a separate colony.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray
She sails a course like this: Now suppose we draw a perpendicular line to represent a meridian of longitude and a horizontal one to represent a parallel of latitude.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
In the Arctic seas large icebergs are rarely found till the 70th parallel of latitude is reached, while stationary fields are met in a still higher latitude.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
The line of division was about the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, the French city of Brest representing its most familiar landmark.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
