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

Its breadth, measured on a parallel of latitude, attains its maximum between St. David's Head, in South Wales, and the Naze, in Essex, where it amounts to 280 miles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Of course, we shall find many deflections from the precise parallel of latitude, some inclining to the south, and many turning to the northward.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

"On the North American continent, between the Arctic circle and the forty-second parallel of latitude," said Lyell, "we meet with signs of ice-action on a scale as grand, if not grander than in Europe."

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.