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 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.
She sails a course like this: Now suppose we draw a perpendicular line to represent a meridian of longitude and a horizontal one to represent a parallel of latitude.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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
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.
