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39th parallel north
Circle of latitude

The 39th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 39 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 14 hours, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.

Daylight along the 39th parallel north falls under 10 hours a day starting on 18 November and returns to over ten hours a day beginning 24 January. The growth of crops and other plants is considerably slowed during this period of reduced sunlight.

In the United States, the eastern boundary of the state of California was defined as following the 120th meridian west south from the 42nd parallel north to its intersection with the 39th parallel north, beyond which it follows a diagonal line to where the Colorado River crosses the 35th parallel north. The intersection of the 120th meridian and 39th parallel is in Lake Tahoe.

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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 39° north passes through:

CoordinatesCountry, territory or seaNotes
39°0′N 0°0′E / 39.000°N 0.000°E / 39.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)Mediterranean Sea
39°0′N 1°17′E / 39.000°N 1.283°E / 39.000; 1.283 (Spain) SpainIsland of Ibiza
39°0′N 1°35′E / 39.000°N 1.583°E / 39.000; 1.583 (Mediterranean Sea)Mediterranean SeaPassing just south of the island of Cabrera,  Spain
39°0′N 8°23′E / 39.000°N 8.383°E / 39.000; 8.383 (Italy) ItalyIslands of Sant'Antioco and Sardinia
39°0′N 9°1′E / 39.000°N 9.017°E / 39.000; 9.017 (Mediterranean Sea)Mediterranean SeaTyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the island of Stromboli,  Italy
39°0′N 16°8′E / 39.000°N 16.133°E / 39.000; 16.133 (Italy) Italy
39°0′N 17°10′E / 39.000°N 17.167°E / 39.000; 17.167 (Mediterranean Sea)Mediterranean SeaIonian Sea
39°0′N 20°42′E / 39.000°N 20.700°E / 39.000; 20.700 (Greece) GreeceMainland and island of Euboea
39°0′N 23°22′E / 39.000°N 23.367°E / 39.000; 23.367 (Aegean Sea)Aegean SeaPassing just north of the island of Skyros,  Greece
39°0′N 26°17′E / 39.000°N 26.283°E / 39.000; 26.283 (Greece) GreeceIsland of Lesbos
39°0′N 26°32′E / 39.000°N 26.533°E / 39.000; 26.533 (Aegean Sea)Aegean Sea
39°0′N 26°48′E / 39.000°N 26.800°E / 39.000; 26.800 (Turkey) Turkey
39°0′N 44°11′E / 39.000°N 44.183°E / 39.000; 44.183 (Iran) Iran
39°0′N 45°26′E / 39.000°N 45.433°E / 39.000; 45.433 (Azerbaijan) AzerbaijanNakhchivan exclave
39°0′N 46°6′E / 39.000°N 46.100°E / 39.000; 46.100 (Armenia) Armenia
39°0′N 46°31′E / 39.000°N 46.517°E / 39.000; 46.517 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan
39°0′N 46°41′E / 39.000°N 46.683°E / 39.000; 46.683 (Iran) Iran
39°0′N 48°21′E / 39.000°N 48.350°E / 39.000; 48.350 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan
39°0′N 49°11′E / 39.000°N 49.183°E / 39.000; 49.183 (Caspian Sea)Caspian Sea
39°0′N 53°2′E / 39.000°N 53.033°E / 39.000; 53.033 (Turkmenistan) TurkmenistanIsland of Ogurja Ada
39°0′N 53°3′E / 39.000°N 53.050°E / 39.000; 53.050 (Caspian Sea)Caspian Sea
39°0′N 53°53′E / 39.000°N 53.883°E / 39.000; 53.883 (Turkmenistan) TurkmenistanPassing just south of Türkmenabat
39°0′N 64°6′E / 39.000°N 64.100°E / 39.000; 64.100 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan
39°0′N 68°7′E / 39.000°N 68.117°E / 39.000; 68.117 (Tajikistan) Tajikistan
39°0′N 73°49′E / 39.000°N 73.817°E / 39.000; 73.817 (China) People's Republic of ChinaXinjiang Qinghai Gansu Qinghai Gansu Qinghai (for about 7 km) Gansu (for about 30 km) Qinghai (for about 17 km) Gansu Inner Mongolia (for about 16 km) Gansu (for about 6 km) Inner Mongolia Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Tianjin (just south of the city centre)
39°0′N 117°46′E / 39.000°N 117.767°E / 39.000; 117.767 (Yellow Sea)Yellow SeaBohai Gulf
39°0′N 121°19′E / 39.000°N 121.317°E / 39.000; 121.317 (China) People's Republic of ChinaLiaoning (Liaodong Peninsula) — passing just north of Dalian
39°0′N 121°51′E / 39.000°N 121.850°E / 39.000; 121.850 (Yellow Sea)Yellow SeaPassing just south of Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island
39°0′N 125°12′E / 39.000°N 125.200°E / 39.000; 125.200 (North Korea) North KoreaPyongyang
39°0′N 127°50′E / 39.000°N 127.833°E / 39.000; 127.833 (Sea of Japan)Sea of Japan
39°0′N 139°51′E / 39.000°N 139.850°E / 39.000; 139.850 (Japan) JapanIsland of Honshū: — Yamagata PrefectureAkita PrefectureIwate PrefectureMiyagi Prefecture − for about 1 km— Iwate Prefecture
39°0′N 141°44′E / 39.000°N 141.733°E / 39.000; 141.733 (Pacific Ocean)Pacific Ocean
39°0′N 123°42′W / 39.000°N 123.700°W / 39.000; -123.700 (United States) United StatesCalifornia Nevada - passing through Great Basin National Park Utah Colorado - passing just south of Grand Junction Kansas - passing just south of Topeka Missouri - passing just south of Kansas City Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio - passing just south of Cincinnati West Virginia Virginia Maryland - less than a mile north of District of Columbia at 39°0′N 77°2′W / 39.000°N 77.033°W / 39.000; -77.033 (Washington D.C.); cutting through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at 39°0′N 76°22′W / 39.000°N 76.367°W / 39.000; -76.367 (Chesapeake Bay Bridge) Delaware
39°0′N 75°20′W / 39.000°N 75.333°W / 39.000; -75.333 (Delaware Bay)Delaware Bay
39°0′N 74°57′W / 39.000°N 74.950°W / 39.000; -74.950 (United States) United StatesNew Jersey - passing through Cape May Airport
39°0′N 74°47′W / 39.000°N 74.783°W / 39.000; -74.783 (Atlantic Ocean)Atlantic OceanPassing between the islands of Graciosa (almost crossing its southern tip) and São Jorge, Azores,  Portugal
39°0′N 9°25′W / 39.000°N 9.417°W / 39.000; -9.417 (Portugal) PortugalPassing about 30km north of Lisbon
39°0′N 6°58′W / 39.000°N 6.967°W / 39.000; -6.967 (Spain) SpainPassing through Ciudad Real and Albacete
39°0′N 0°9′W / 39.000°N 0.150°W / 39.000; -0.150 (Mediterranean Sea)Mediterranean Sea

See also

References

  1. "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. https://web.archive.org/web/20191012094319/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php

  2. Hubbard, Bill (2009). American Boundaries: The Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey. University of Chicago Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-0-226-35591-7. Retrieved 27 September 2012. 978-0-226-35591-7