# 31st parallel north

Download coordinates as:
* KML
* GPX (all coordinates)
* GPX (primary coordinates)
* GPX (secondary coordinates)
The 31st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 31 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 10 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 8 minutes during the winter solstice.
Part of the border between Iran and Iraq is defined by the parallel.
In the United States, it defines part of the border between the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, and most of the border between Alabama and Florida. Andrew Ellicott surveyed this parallel in 1797, which in Pinckney's Treaty two years before had been defined as the border between the United States and the Spanish territory of West Florida.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 31° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 31°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 31.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  Algeria 31°0′N 9°22′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 9.367°E﻿ / 31.000; 9.367﻿ (Tunisia)  Tunisia 31°0′N 10°17′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 10.283°E﻿ / 31.000; 10.283﻿ (Libya)  Libya 31°0′N 17°33′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 17.550°E﻿ / 31.000; 17.550﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Sidra 31°0′N 20°8′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 20.133°E﻿ / 31.000; 20.133﻿ (Libya)  Libya 31°0′N 24°56′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 24.933°E﻿ / 31.000; 24.933﻿ (Egypt)  Egypt 31°0′N 28°43′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 28.717°E﻿ / 31.000; 28.717﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 31°0′N 29°35′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 29.583°E﻿ / 31.000; 29.583﻿ (Egypt)  Egypt 31°0′N 34°21′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 34.350°E﻿ / 31.000; 34.350﻿ (Israel)  Israel Passing just north of Yeruham 31°0′N 35°24′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 35.400°E﻿ / 31.000; 35.400﻿ (Jordan)  Jordan 31°0′N 37°30′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 37.500°E﻿ / 31.000; 37.500﻿ (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia Passing through Arar 31°0′N 42°14′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 42.233°E﻿ / 31.000; 42.233﻿ (Iraq)  Iraq Passing through Nasiriyah 31°0′N 47°42′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 47.700°E﻿ / 31.000; 47.700﻿ (Iran / Iraq border)  Iran / Iraq border 31°0′N 48°1′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 48.017°E﻿ / 31.000; 48.017﻿ (Iran)  Iran 31°0′N 61°50′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 61.833°E﻿ / 31.000; 61.833﻿ (Afghanistan)  Afghanistan 31°0′N 66°35′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 66.583°E﻿ / 31.000; 66.583﻿ (Pakistan)  Pakistan Balochistan Punjab 31°0′N 74°33′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 74.550°E﻿ / 31.000; 74.550﻿ (India)  India Punjab Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand 31°0′N 79°32′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 79.533°E﻿ / 31.000; 79.533﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Tibet Sichuan Chongqing Hubei Anhui Zhejiang Jiangsu Zhejiang - for about 5 km (3.1 mi) Jiangsu - for about 5 km (3.1 mi) Zhejiang - for about 11 km (6.8 mi) Shanghai 31°0′N 121°53′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 121.883°E﻿ / 31.000; 121.883﻿ (East China Sea) East China Sea 31°0′N 130°39′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 130.650°E﻿ / 31.000; 130.650﻿ (Japan)  Japan Cape Sata, the southernmost point of the island of Kyūshū 31°0′N 130°41′E﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 130.683°E﻿ / 31.000; 130.683﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 31°0′N 116°20′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 116.333°W﻿ / 31.000; -116.333﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Baja California 31°0′N 114°50′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 114.833°W﻿ / 31.000; -114.833﻿ (Gulf of California) Gulf of California 31°0′N 113°6′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 113.100°W﻿ / 31.000; -113.100﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Sonora Chihuahua 31°0′N 105°33′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 105.550°W﻿ / 31.000; -105.550﻿ (United States)  United States Texas Louisiana Mississippi / Louisiana border Mississippi Alabama Alabama / Florida border Georgia 31°0′N 81°28′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 81.467°W﻿ / 31.000; -81.467﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 31°0′N 9°49′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 9.817°W﻿ / 31.000; -9.817﻿ (Morocco)  Morocco 31°0′N 3°33′W﻿ / ﻿31.000°N 3.550°W﻿ / 31.000; -3.550﻿ (Algeria)  Algeria