39th parallel north
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Coordinates: 39°N 0°W / 39°N 0°W
The 39th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 39° north passes through:
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Country, territory or sea Notes Mediterranean Sea 
SpainIsland of Ibiza Mediterranean Sea 
ItalyIsland of Sardinia Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea ItalyMediterranean Sea Ionian Sea 
GreeceAegean Sea Including the 
Greek islands of Euboea and Lesbos
Turkey
Iran
AzerbaijanNakhchivan exclave 
Armenia Azerbaijan Iran AzerbaijanCaspian Sea Including 
Turkmenistan's island of Ogurja Ada Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
ChinaYellow Sea ChinaLiaodong Peninsula Yellow Sea 
North KoreaSea of Japan 
JapanIsland of Honshū Pacific Ocean 
United StatesCalifornia
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New JerseyAtlantic Ocean Passing between the islands of Graciosa and São Jorge, Azores, 
Portugal Portugal SpainMediterranean Sea
[edit] United States
The parallel 39° north formed the original southern boundary of the British Colony of Pennsylvania. However, a previous royal grant had given the land south of the parallel 40° north to the British Colony of Maryland. The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn between 1763 and 1767 as the compromise boundary between the overlapping claims of these two colonies.
The parallel cuts through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland.
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