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
The Alabama was now working her way eastward on the thirtieth parallel of latitude, and had got well into the middle of the Atlantic.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.
It is proposed 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 Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray
We know that the distance between the cataract of Niagara and the Massachusetts line is a large hundred leagues, and that it is as great between Sandy Hook and the 45th parallel of latitude.
From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
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.
