40th parallel north - wikipedia 40th parallel north 40 ° 40th parallel north Map all coordinates using OSM Map all coordinates using Google Export all coordinates as KML Export all coordinates as GPX Map all microformatted coordinates Place data as RDF The 40th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 40 degrees north of the Earth 's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 1 minute during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 20 minutes during the winter solstice. On 21 June, the maximum altitude of the sun is 73.83 degrees and 26.17 degrees on 21 December. Contents 1 Around the world 2 United States 3 See also 4 References Around the world Starting in Spain at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 40 ° north passes through : Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 40 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 0.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 0.000 ﻿ ( Prime Meridian ) Spain Valencian Community 40 ° 0 ′ N 0 ° 2 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 0.033 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 0.033 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of the island of Majorca, Spain 40 ° 0 ′ N 3 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 3.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 3.800 ﻿ ( Spain ) Spain Island of Menorca 40 ° 0 ′ N 4 ° 13 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 4.217 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 4.217 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 24 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 8.400 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 8.400 ﻿ ( Italy ) Italy Island of Sardinia 40 ° 0 ′ N 9 ° 42 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 9.700 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 9.700 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 20 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.333 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 15.333 ﻿ ( Italy ) Italy Campania 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 15.433 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Policastro 40 ° 0 ′ N 15 ° 41 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 15.683 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 15.683 ﻿ ( Italy ) Italy Basilicata, Calabria 40 ° 0 ′ N 16 ° 37 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 16.617 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 16.617 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto 40 ° 0 ′ N 18 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 18.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 18.000 ﻿ ( Italy ) Italy Apulia 40 ° 0 ′ N 18 ° 25 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 18.417 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 18.417 ﻿ ( Mediterranean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Strait of Otranto 40 ° 0 ′ N 19 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 19.883 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 19.883 ﻿ ( Albania ) Albania Passing just north of Sarandë and just south of Gjirokastër 40 ° 0 ′ N 20 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 20.383 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 20.383 ﻿ ( Greece ) Greece 40 ° 0 ′ N 22 ° 37 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 22.617 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 22.617 ﻿ ( Aegean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 23 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 23.383 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 23.383 ﻿ ( Greece ) Greece Kassandra and Sithonia 40 ° 0 ′ N 24 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 24.000 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 24.000 ﻿ ( Aegean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 25 ° 6 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 25.100 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 25.100 ﻿ ( Greece ) Greece Island of Lemnos 40 ° 0 ′ N 25 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 25.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 25.433 ﻿ ( Aegean Sea ) Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 26 ° 11 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 26.183 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 26.183 ﻿ ( Turkey ) Turkey Passing just north of Ankara 40 ° 0 ′ N 44 ° 24 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 44.400 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 44.400 ﻿ ( Armenia ) Armenia 40 ° 0 ′ N 45 ° 36 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 45.600 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 45.600 ﻿ ( Azerbaijan ) Azerbaijan Passing through Nagorno - Karabakh 40 ° 0 ′ N 49 ° 27 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 49.450 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 49.450 ﻿ ( Caspian Sea ) Caspian Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 52 ° 46 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 52.767 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 52.767 ﻿ ( Turkmenistan ) Turkmenistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 62 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 62.433 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 62.433 ﻿ ( Uzbekistan ) Uzbekistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 68 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 68.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 68.800 ﻿ ( Tajikistan ) Tajikistan 40 ° 0 ′ N 69 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 69.517 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 69.517 ﻿ ( Kyrgyzstan ) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 32 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 70.533 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 70.533 ﻿ ( Tajikistan ) Tajikistan For about 9 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 70 ° 39 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 70.650 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 70.650 ﻿ ( Kyrgyzstan ) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 5 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.083 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 71.083 ﻿ ( Uzbekistan ) Uzbekistan Sokh exclave - for about 7 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.167 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 71.167 ﻿ ( Kyrgyzstan ) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 48 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.800 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 71.800 ﻿ ( Uzbekistan ) Uzbekistan Shohimardon exclave - for about 4 km 40 ° 0 ′ N 71 ° 50 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 71.833 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 71.833 ﻿ ( Kyrgyzstan ) Kyrgyzstan 40 ° 0 ′ N 73 ° 58 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 73.967 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 73.967 ﻿ ( China ) People 's Republic of China Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia Shanxi Hebei Beijing ( passing just north of the city centre ) Hebei Tianjin Hebei Liaoning ( for about 8 km ) 40 ° 0 ′ N 119 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 119.900 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 119.900 ﻿ ( Yellow Sea ) Pacific Ocean Liaodong Bay, Yellow Sea 40 ° 0 ′ N 121 ° 53 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 121.883 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 121.883 ﻿ ( China ) People 's Republic of China Liaoning ( Liaodong Peninsula ) 40 ° 0 ′ N 124 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 124.350 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 124.350 ﻿ ( North Korea ) North Korea North Pyeongan Province - Passing through Sinuiju Jagang Province South Hamgyeong Province - Passing just north of Hamheung 40 ° 0 ′ N 127 ° 57 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 127.950 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 127.950 ﻿ ( Sea of Japan ) Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan 40 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 128.167 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 128.167 ﻿ ( North Korea ) North Korea Mayang Island 40 ° 0 ′ N 128 ° 13 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 128.217 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 128.217 ﻿ ( Sea of Japan ) Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan 40 ° 0 ′ N 139 ° 54 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 139.900 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 139.900 ﻿ ( Japan ) Japan Island of Honshū -- Akita Prefecture -- Iwate Prefecture 40 ° 0 ′ N 141 ° 57 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 141.950 ° E ﻿ / 40.000 ; 141.950 ﻿ ( Pacific Ocean ) Pacific Ocean 40 ° 0 ′ N 124 ° 1 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 124.017 ° W ﻿ / 40.000 ; - 124.017 ﻿ ( United States ) United States California Nevada Utah Colorado Nebraska / Kansas border Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey 40 ° 0 ′ N 31 ° 7 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 31.117 ° W ﻿ / 40.000 ; - 31.117 ﻿ ( Atlantic Ocean ) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal 40 ° 0 ′ N 8 ° 55 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 8.917 ° W ﻿ / 40.000 ; - 8.917 ﻿ ( Portugal ) Portugal Passing near Pombal and Covilhã 40 ° 0 ′ N 6 ° 51 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.000 ° N 6.850 ° W ﻿ / 40.000 ; - 6.850 ﻿ ( Spain ) Spain Extremadura Castile - La Mancha Community of Madrid - for about 10 km Castile - La Mancha Valencian Community - Rincón de Ademuz exclave, for about 4 km Castile - La Mancha - for about 5 km Aragon Valencian Community United states The 40th parallel defines the border between Nebraska and Kansas. Survey marker on the Kansas / Nebraska state line The parallel 40 ° north forms the boundary between the states of Kansas and Nebraska. On 30 May 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 and pro-slavery forces in the Kansas Territory was one of the root causes of the American Civil War. The parallel 40 ° north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. A subsequent royal grant gave the Colony of Pennsylvania land north of the 40th parallel but mistakenly assumed it would intersect the Twelve Mile Circle, which it does not. Pennsylvania 's border was thus unclear and the colony pushed for a border far south of the 40th parallel. The Mason -- Dixon Line was drawn between 1763 and 1767 as the compromise boundary between the overlapping claims of these two colonies. 40th parallel marker at The Ohio State University ( Columbus, Ohio ) 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 John Glenn 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. It also passes through the main campus of The Ohio State University ; specifically, it cuts directly across the Oval greenspace, between University Hall and the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. Baseline Road in Boulder, Colorado, traces the parallel 40 ° north. Thistle, Utah, a ghost town since 1983, is slightly ( 30 seconds ) below 40 ° north. See also 40th parallel south 39th parallel north 41st parallel north Baseline ( surveying ) Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel References Jump up ^ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php Circles of latitude / Meridians Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle W 0 ° E 30 ° 60 ° 90 ° 120 ° 150 ° 180 ° 30 ° 60 ° 90 ° 120 ° 150 ° 180 ° 5 ° 15 ° 25 ° 35 ° 45 ° 55 ° 65 ° 75 ° 85 ° 95 ° 105 ° 115 ° 125 ° 135 ° 145 ° 155 ° 165 ° 175 ° 5 ° 15 ° 25 ° 35 ° 45 ° 55 ° 65 ° 75 ° 85 ° 95 ° 105 ° 115 ° 125 ° 135 ° 145 ° 155 ° 165 ° 175 ° 10 ° 20 ° 40 ° 50 ° 70 ° 80 ° 100 ° 110 ° 130 ° 140 ° 160 ° 170 ° 10 ° 20 ° 40 ° 50 ° 70 ° 80 ° 100 ° 110 ° 130 ° 140 ° 160 ° 170 ° 0 ° 10 ° 20 ° 30 ° 40 ° 50 ° 60 ° 70 ° 80 ° 90 ° 10 ° 20 ° 30 ° 40 ° 50 ° 60 ° 70 ° 80 ° 90 ° 5 ° N 15 ° 25 ° 35 ° 45 ° 55 ° 65 ° 75 ° 85 ° 5 ° S 15 ° 25 ° 35 ° 45 ° 55 ° 65 ° 75 ° 85 ° 45x90 45x90 45x90 45x90 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=40th_parallel_north&oldid=802671841 '' Categories : Lines of latitude Geographic history of the United States Borders of Nebraska Borders of Kansas Hidden categories : Lists of coordinates Geographic coordinate lists Articles with Geo All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Български Bosanski Dansk Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Ilokano 日本 語 Português ไทย Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 September 2017, at 18 : 15. 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