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
This particular New York convoy commander was now perhaps instructed to cross the thirtieth meridian at the fifty-second parallel of latitude, where he would be met by his escort.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
I should like to know in what parallel of latitude the man were to be found who does not fall out with his lady friend a thousand times oftener than with his male one.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
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
