33rd parallel north
The 33rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 33 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
In Iraq, the parallel defined the limit of the southern no-fly zone from 4 September 1996 to 30 August 2003. (Before this time it had been set at the 32nd parallel north.) This airspace was controlled by Operation Southern Watch.[1]
In the United States it approximately forms the border between Arkansas in the north and Louisiana on the south. (The border is actually a couple of kilometres north of the parallel.) The Louisiana Territory was that part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase which lay north of the 33rd parallel.
The parallel is part of the horse latitudes.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 20 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 58 minutes during the winter solstice.[2]
Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Algeria Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tunisia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Libya Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of Tripoli, Libya Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Israel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Golan Heights Territory controlled by Israel, claimed by Syria
UNDOF buffer zoneLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Syria Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Jordan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iraq Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Iran Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Afghanistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Azad Kashmir - claimed by IndiaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. India Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by PakistanLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Aksai Chin Disputed between India and People's Republic of China Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. People's Republic of China Tibet
Qinghai
Sichuan
Qinghai
Sichuan
Gansu
Shaanxi
Hubei
Henan
Anhui
Jiangsu
Anhui (for about 12 km)
JiangsuLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. East China Sea Passing just south of the island of Marado, South Korea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Japan Island of Nakadori:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
Island of Kyūshū:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
— Saga Prefecture
— Kumamoto Prefecture
— Ōita Prefecture
Island of Shikoku:
— Ehime Prefecture
— Kōchi PrefectureLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United States California - San Clemente Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. United States California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana - passing just south of the border with Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South CarolinaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Portugal Cal Islet, just south of Porto Santo Island, Madeira Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Morocco Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Algeria
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php