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

Here they separated, at about the 47th parallel of latitude.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers

Then it is exactly on the thirtieth parallel of latitude, and it stands four-square, its four sides facing exactly the four points of compass—North, South, East, and West.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

Thence up the Columbia to the mouth of the Kootanie River, near the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, is the trading establishment called Kootanie House.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry

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.