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 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

In the original paper, as published in the Gentleman’s Magazine for January, 1741, Dr. Johnson writes 38° in numbers as the parallel of latitude where the cold was felt so acutely.

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)

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