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 southern boundary of Canada is for the most part a parallel of latitude dividing agricultural, mining, and timber lands.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
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.
The term has been used to cover the whole stretch of country from Pittsburg to Puget Sound, north of the Ohio River and the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
The separation took place near the point where Clarke's River is crossed by the forty-seventh parallel of latitude.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas
