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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

38

Starting at the Prime Meridian heading eastward, the 38th parallel north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
38°0′N 0°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Marettimo, Italy (at 37°59′43″N 12°1′47″E)
38°0′N 12°19′E	Italy	Islands of Levanzo and Sicily
38°0′N 15°25′E	Mediterranean Sea	Strait of Messina
38°0′N 15°38′E	Italy	Passing through Reggio di Calabria (southern suburbs)
38°0′N 16°8′E	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Sea - passing between the islands of Kefalonia (at 38°4′N 20°43′E) and Zakynthos (at 37°56′N 20°42′E), Greece
38°0′N 21°16′E	Greece	Passing through Athens (northern suburbs)
38°0′N 24°2′E	Aegean Sea
38°0′N 24°14′E	Greece	Islands of Petalioi and Euboea
38°0′N 24°34′E	Aegean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Andros (at 37°59′57″N 24°47′23″E), Greece
38°0′N 27°7′E	Turkey	Passing through Konya, Niğde and İzmir (southern suburbs)
38°0′N 44°17′E	Iran	Passing just south of Tabriz
38°0′N 48°55′E	Caspian Sea
38°0′N 53°49′E	Turkmenistan
38°0′N 55°17′E	Iran
38°0′N 57°22′E	Turkmenistan	Passing just north of Ashgabat
38°0′N 66°38′E	Uzbekistan
38°0′N 68°17′E	Tajikistan
38°0′N 70°19′E	Afghanistan
38°0′N 71°16′E	Tajikistan
38°0′N 74°54′E	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi − for around 5 km (3.1 mi) Inner Mongolia − for around 14 km (8.7 mi) Shaanxi Shanxi — passing just north of Taiyuan Hebei — passing just south of Shijiazhuang Shandong
38°0′N 118°58′E	Yellow Sea	Passing just north of Baengnyeong Island (at 37°59′N 124°41′E), South Korea
38°0′N 125°7′E	North Korea	Ongjin Peninsula — South Hwanghae Province
38°0′N 125°35′E	Yellow Sea	Ongjin Bay
38°0′N 125°46′E	North Korea	South Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province passing just north of Kaesong
38°0′N 126°49′E	South Korea	Gyeonggi Province- Passing through Paju, Yeoncheon County, Pocheon, Gapyeong County Gangwon Province - Passing through Hwacheon County, Chuncheon, (passing just north of Soyang Reservoir), Inje County, Yangyang County
38°0′N 128°44′E	Sea of Japan
38°0′N 138°14′E	Japan	Island of Sado: — Niigata Prefecture
38°0′N 138°33′E	Sea of Japan
38°0′N 139°14′E	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Niigata Prefecture Passing just north of Niigata City — Yamagata Prefecture — Miyagi Prefecture
38°0′N 140°55′E	Pacific Ocean
38°0′N 123°1′W	United States	California - passing through Pinole and Stockton Nevada - passing just south of Tonopah Utah - passing through Capitol Reef and Canyonlands National Parks Colorado - passing through Ouray, and then just south of Pueblo Kansas - passing just south of Newton Missouri - passing through Camdenton and just north of Rolla Illinois - passing just south of Mount Vernon Indiana - passing through Evansville Kentucky - passing through Lexington West Virginia - passing just north of Beckley Virginia - passing just south of Charlottesville
38°0′N 76°28′W	Chesapeake Bay
38°0′N 75°53′W	United States	Maryland - passing just north of Smith Island and Crisfield Virginia - passing just north of Chincoteague
38°0′N 75°16′W	Atlantic Ocean	Passing between Pico (at 38°23′N 28°14′W) and São Miguel (at 37°55′N 25°47′W) islands, Azores, Portugal
38°0′N 8°51′W	Portugal	Setúbal District Beja District - passing just south of Beja
38°0′N 7°12′W	Spain	Andalusia Extremadura Region of Murcia - passing just north of Murcia Valencian Community
38°0′N 0°39′W	Mediterranean Sea