36th parallel north

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36th parallel north

The 36th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 36 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

From 7 April 1991 to 31 December 1996, the parallel defined the limit of the northern no-fly zone in Iraq.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 36 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 43 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 36° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
	Mediterranean Sea
	Algeria
	Tunisia
	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Linosa, Italy Passing between the islands of Comino and Malta, Malta
	Aegean Sea	Passing between the islands of Kythira and Antikythera, Greece Passing just north of Saria Island, Greece
	Greece	Island of Rhodes
	Mediterranean Sea
	Turkey	Hatay Province
	Syria
	Iraq
	Iran
	Turkmenistan
	Afghanistan
	Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by India
	Shaksgam Valley	Area administered by People's Republic of China, claimed by India
	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Tibet Qinghai Gansu — passing just south of Lanzhou Ningxia Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Henan Shandong Henan (for about 15 km) Shandong — passing just south of Qingdao
	Yellow Sea
	South Korea	South Chungcheong Province North Jeolla Province North Gyeongsang Province passing just north of Daegu-Palgong Mountain North Gyeongsang Province
	Sea of Japan
	Japan	Island of Chiburi-shima: — Shimane Prefecture
	Sea of Japan
	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Fukui Prefecture — Gifu Prefecture — Nagano Prefecture — Gunma Prefecture − for about 4 km — Saitama Prefecture — Chiba Prefecture − for about 6 km — Ibaraki Prefecture
	Pacific Ocean
	United States	California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri / Arkansas border (approximate) Tennessee North Carolina (Madison County, for about 14 km) Tennessee (Unicoi County, for about 12 km) North Carolina
	Atlantic Ocean
	Strait of Gibraltar	Passing a few metres south of Punta de Tarifa, Spain - the most southerly point of the European mainland
	Mediterranean Sea

United States

Southern California

Cities and landmarks close to the parallel include Kettleman City, California; Henderson, Nevada; Hoover Dam; South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; High Point, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; Durham, North Carolina; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and others.

The sixth standard parallel south of Mount Diablo Range at 35°48′ north, 13.8344 miles south of the 36th parallel, forms a continuous boundary between the California counties of Monterey, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo on the north and the counties of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino on the south. It is sometimes taken as the boundary between Northern California and Southern California, although definitions using the Tehachapi Mountains are also common.

The parallel 36° north approximately forms the southernmost boundary of the Missouri Bootheel with the State of Arkansas.

The 36th parallel passes through Duke University in several places. Its Campus Drive that connects the campuses crosses the parallel several times. The Duke Gardens has a "36th Parallel Club" although the garden itself is just north of the parallel.

See also

• 35th parallel north
• Parallel 36°30′ north
• 37th parallel north