At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 1 minute and 28 seconds during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 20 minutes during the winter solstice.[1] On 21 June, the maximum altitude of the sun is 73.44 degrees, while it's 26.56 degrees on 21 December.[citation needed]
The maximum altitude of the Sun is > 35.00º in October and > 28.00º in November.
The parallel 40° north formed the original northern boundary of the BritishColony 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.
The parallel 40° north passes through the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Columbus, Ohio; as well as northern suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana and Boulder, Colorado and the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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. Ohio Stadium, one of the largest stadiums in the world, barely misses the parallel 40° north (6 seconds or 185 metres (607 ft) above 40° north).
Baseline Road in Boulder, Colorado, traces the parallel 40° north.
Thistle, Utah, a ghost town since 1983, is slightly (30 seconds or 956 metres (0.594 mi)) below 40° north.
^. U.S. Naval Observatory. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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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 40 class notpageimage 40th parallel north Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLAt this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours 1 minute and 28 seconds during the summer solstice and 9 hours 20 minutes during the winter solstice 1 On 21 June the maximum altitude of the sun is 73 44 degrees while it s 26 56 degrees on 21 December citation needed The maximum altitude of the Sun is gt 35 00º in October and gt 28 00º in November The 40th parallel north is the southern baseline for Canada s National Topographic System Contents 1 Around the world 2 United States 3 Japan 3 1 Gallery 4 See also 5 ReferencesAround the world EditStarting in Spain at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards the parallel 40 north passes through Co ordinates Country territory or sea Notes40 0 N 0 0 E 40 000 N 0 000 E 40 000 0 000 Prime Meridian Spain Valencian Community40 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 Spain40 0 N 3 48 E 40 000 N 3 800 E 40 000 3 800 Spain Spain Island of Menorca40 0 N 4 13 E 40 000 N 4 217 E 40 000 4 217 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea40 0 N 8 24 E 40 000 N 8 400 E 40 000 8 400 Italy Italy Island of Sardinia40 0 N 9 42 E 40 000 N 9 700 E 40 000 9 700 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea40 0 N 15 20 E 40 000 N 15 333 E 40 000 15 333 Italy Italy Campania40 0 N 15 26 E 40 000 N 15 433 E 40 000 15 433 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Policastro40 0 N 15 41 E 40 000 N 15 683 E 40 000 15 683 Italy Italy Basilicata Calabria40 0 N 16 37 E 40 000 N 16 617 E 40 000 16 617 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto40 0 N 18 0 E 40 000 N 18 000 E 40 000 18 000 Italy Italy Apulia40 0 N 18 25 E 40 000 N 18 417 E 40 000 18 417 Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea Strait of Otranto40 0 N 19 53 E 40 000 N 19 883 E 40 000 19 883 Albania Albania Passing just north of Sarande and just south of Gjirokaster40 0 N 20 23 E 40 000 N 20 383 E 40 000 20 383 Greece Greece40 0 N 22 37 E 40 000 N 22 617 E 40 000 22 617 Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea40 0 N 23 23 E 40 000 N 23 383 E 40 000 23 383 Greece Greece Kassandra and Sithonia40 0 N 24 0 E 40 000 N 24 000 E 40 000 24 000 Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea40 0 N 25 6 E 40 000 N 25 100 E 40 000 25 100 Greece Greece Island of Lemnos40 0 N 25 26 E 40 000 N 25 433 E 40 000 25 433 Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea40 0 N 26 11 E 40 000 N 26 183 E 40 000 26 183 Turkey Turkey Passing just north of Ankara40 0 N 44 24 E 40 000 N 44 400 E 40 000 44 400 Armenia Armenia Passing through Verin Artashat and Norashen Ararat40 0 N 45 36 E 40 000 N 45 600 E 40 000 45 600 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Passing through Karabakh and Kur Araz Lowland40 0 N 49 27 E 40 000 N 49 450 E 40 000 49 450 Caspian Sea Caspian Sea40 0 N 52 46 E 40 000 N 52 767 E 40 000 52 767 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan40 0 N 62 26 E 40 000 N 62 433 E 40 000 62 433 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan40 0 N 68 48 E 40 000 N 68 800 E 40 000 68 800 Tajikistan Tajikistan40 0 N 69 31 E 40 000 N 69 517 E 40 000 69 517 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan40 0 N 70 32 E 40 000 N 70 533 E 40 000 70 533 Tajikistan Tajikistan For about 9 km 5 6 mi 40 0 N 70 39 E 40 000 N 70 650 E 40 000 70 650 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan40 0 N 71 5 E 40 000 N 71 083 E 40 000 71 083 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Sokh exclave for about 7 km 4 3 mi 40 0 N 71 10 E 40 000 N 71 167 E 40 000 71 167 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan40 0 N 71 48 E 40 000 N 71 800 E 40 000 71 800 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Shohimardon exclave for about 4 km 2 5 mi 40 0 N 71 50 E 40 000 N 71 833 E 40 000 71 833 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan40 0 N 73 58 E 40 000 N 73 967 E 40 000 73 967 China China Xinjiang Gansu Inner Mongolia Shanxi Hebei Beijing passing just north of the city centre Hebei Tianjin Hebei Liaoning for about 8 km 5 0 mi 40 0 N 119 54 E 40 000 N 119 900 E 40 000 119 900 Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean Liaodong Bay Yellow Sea40 0 N 121 53 E 40 000 N 121 883 E 40 000 121 883 China 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 ProvinceSouth Hamgyeong Province Passing just north of Hamheung40 0 N 127 57 E 40 000 N 127 950 E 40 000 127 950 Sea of Japan Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan40 0 N 128 10 E 40 000 N 128 167 E 40 000 128 167 North Korea North Korea Mayang Island40 0 N 128 13 E 40 000 N 128 217 E 40 000 128 217 Sea of Japan Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan40 0 N 139 54 E 40 000 N 139 900 E 40 000 139 900 Japan Japan Island of Honshu Akita Prefecture Iwate Prefecture40 0 N 141 57 E 40 000 N 141 950 E 40 000 141 950 Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean40 0 N 124 1 W 40 000 N 124 017 W 40 000 124 017 United States United States California passing 2 35 km 1 46 mi south of Shelter Cove Nevada Utah Colorado passing through Boulder Nebraska Kansas border Missouri Illinois Indiana passing through Hoosier Hill the state high point Ohio passing through Columbus West Virginia Pennsylvania passing through Philadelphia New Jersey passing through Toms River40 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 Portugal40 0 N 8 55 W 40 000 N 8 917 W 40 000 8 917 Portugal Portugal Passing near Figueira da Foz and Coimbra40 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 6 2 mi Castile La Mancha Valencian Community Rincon de Ademuz exclave for about 4 km 2 5 mi Castile La Mancha for about 5 km 3 1 mi Aragon Valencian CommunityUnited States Edit The 40th parallel defines the state line 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 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 Boulder Colorado and the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 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 Ohio Stadium one of the largest stadiums in the world barely misses the parallel 40 north 6 seconds or 185 metres 607 ft above 40 north Baseline Road in Boulder Colorado traces the parallel 40 north Thistle Utah a ghost town since 1983 is slightly 30 seconds or 956 metres 0 594 mi below 40 north Japan EditGallery Edit Monument of North latitude 40 degrees at Nyudouzaki in Oga Akita Nyudozaki Monument 40 N and 140 E Crossing Point in Ogata Akita Globe Monument in Fudai IwateSee also Edit40th parallel south 39th parallel north 41st parallel north Baseline surveying Geological Exploration of the Fortieth ParallelReferences Edit Duration of Daylight Darkness Table for One Year U S Naval Observatory 2019 09 24 Archived from the original on 2019 10 12 Retrieved 2021 03 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 40th parallel north amp oldid 1139469005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
