40th parallel north 3274480 224990680 2008-07-11T10:12:37Z Aboutmovies 2602832 Added {{[[Template:unreferenced|unreferenced]]}} tag to article. using [[WP:FRIENDLY|Friendly]] {{unreferenced|date=July 2008}} The '''40th parallel north''' is a [[circle of latitude]] that is 40 [[degree (angle)|degrees]] [[true north|north]] of the [[Earth|Earth's]] [[equator|equatorial plane]]. Starting at the [[Prime Meridian]] and heading eastwards, the parallel 40° north passes through: :{| class="wikitable" ! Country, territory or sea ! Notes |- | {{ESP}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{ESP}} | Island of [[Minorca]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{ITA}} | Island of [[Sardinia]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] |- | {{ITA}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Gulf of Taranto]] |- | {{ITA}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Mediterranean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Strait of Otranto]] |- | {{ALB}} | |- | {{GRC}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Aegean Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Including the [[Kassandra, Chalkidiki|Kassandra]] and [[Sithonia]] peninsulas, and the island of [[Lemnos]] ({{GRC}}) |- | {{TUR}} | |- | {{ARM}} | |- | {{AZE}} | Including [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Caspian Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{TKM}} | |- | {{UZB}} | |- | {{TJK}} | |- | {{KGZ}} | |- | {{TJK}} | |- | {{KGZ}} | |- | {{UZB}} | [[Sokh]] [[exclave]] surrounded by {{KGZ}} |- | {{KGZ}} | |- | {{UZB}} | [[Shakhrimardan]] [[exclave]] surrounded by {{KGZ}} |- | {{KGZ}} | |- | {{CHN}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Yellow Sea]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Liaodong Bay]] |- | {{CHN}} | [[Liaodong Peninsula]] |- | {{PRK}} | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Sea of Japan]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{JPN}} | Island of [[Honshū]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Pacific Ocean]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | {{USA}} | [[California]]<br/ > [[Nevada]]<br/ > [[Utah]]<br/ > [[Colorado]]<br/ > [[Nebraska]] / [[Kansas]] border<br/ > [[Missouri]]<br/ > [[Illinois]]<br/ > [[Indiana]]<br/ > [[Ohio]]<br/ > [[West Virginia]]<br/ > [[Pennsylvania]]<br/ > [[New Jersey]] |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | [[Atlantic Ocean]] | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | {{PRT}} | |- | {{ESP}} | |} ===United States=== The parallel 40° north forms the boundary between the [[Kansas|State of Kansas]] and [[Nebraska|State of Nebraska]]. On [[May 30]], [[1854]], the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] created the [[Territory of Kansas]] and the [[Territory of Nebraska]] divided by the parallel 40° north. Both territories were required to determine for themselves whether to permit [[slavery]]. Open conflict between [[free state|free-state]] and [[slave state|pro-slavery]] forces in the Kansas Territory led to the [[American Civil War]]. The parallel 40° north formed the original northern boundary of the [[British monarchy|British]] [[Maryland#History|Colony of Maryland]]. A subsequent [[British monarchy|royal]] grant gave the [[Pennsylvania#History|Colony of Pennsylvania]] land north of the [[parallel 39° north]]. The [[Mason-Dixon Line]] was drawn between [[1763]] and [[1767]] as the compromise boundary between the overlapping claims of these two colonies. The parallel 40° north passes through the cities of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] and [[Columbus, Ohio]]; as well as northern suburbs of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] and [[Denver, Colorado]]. The parallel goes directly through the [[Port Columbus International Airport]], with runway 10L-28R lying immediately north of the line, runway 10R-28L lying slightly south of it, and the line going through the northernmost edges of the terminal. [[Baseline Road (Colorado)|Baseline Road]] in [[Boulder, Colorado]] traces the parallel 40° north. [[Category:Lines of latitude]] [[Category:Boundaries of U.S. states]] [[Category:Geographic history of the United States]] [[fr:40e parallèle nord]] [[ja:北緯40度線]]