41st parallel north
The 41st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 41 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 15 hours, 8 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 13 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]
Around the world
Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 41° north passes through:
Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 41°0′N 0°0′E / 41.000°N 0.000°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Spain
41°0′N 0°56′E / 41.000°N 0.933°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Mediterranean Sea 41°0′N 8°13′E / 41.000°N 8.217°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Italy
Island of Asinara 41°0′N 8°16′E / 41.000°N 8.267°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Asinara 41°0′N 8°52′E / 41.000°N 8.867°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Italy
Island of Sardinia 41°0′N 9°39′E / 41.000°N 9.650°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the Pontine Islands, Italy
41°0′N 13°57′E / 41.000°N 13.950°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Italy
41°0′N 17°12′E / 41.000°N 17.200°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Adriatic Sea 41°0′N 19°28′E / 41.000°N 19.467°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Albania
The border with North Macedonia is in Lake Ohrid 41°0′N 20°42′E / 41.000°N 20.700°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
North Macedonia
41°0′N 21°51′E / 41.000°N 21.850°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Greece
41°0′N 26°20′E / 41.000°N 26.333°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Turkey
Passing through the Sea of Marmara, and through Istanbul 41°0′N 37°52′E / 41.000°N 37.867°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Black Sea 41°0′N 38°47′E / 41.000°N 38.783°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Turkey
41°0′N 39°46′E / 41.000°N 39.767°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Black Sea 41°0′N 40°20′E / 41.000°N 40.333°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Turkey
41°0′N 43°32′E / 41.000°N 43.533°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Armenia
41°0′N 45°10′E / 41.000°N 45.167°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Azerbaijan
Barkhudali exclave 41°0′N 45°13′E / 41.000°N 45.217°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Armenia
Passing 12 km (7 mi) south of Yerevan 41°0′N 45°24′E / 41.000°N 45.400°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Azerbaijan
41°0′N 49°13′E / 41.000°N 49.217°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Caspian Sea 41°0′N 52°57′E / 41.000°N 52.950°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Turkmenistan
Passing through Turkmenbashi 41°0′N 61°58′E / 41.000°N 61.967°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Uzbekistan
41°0′N 68°4′E / 41.000°N 68.067°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kazakhstan
41°0′N 68°31′E / 41.000°N 68.517°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Uzbekistan
For about 7 km (4 mi) 41°0′N 68°36′E / 41.000°N 68.600°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kazakhstan
For about 12 km (7 mi) 41°0′N 68°45′E / 41.000°N 68.750°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Uzbekistan
41°0′N 70°24′E / 41.000°N 70.400°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Tajikistan
For about 10 km (6 mi) 41°0′N 70°31′E / 41.000°N 70.517°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Uzbekistan
41°0′N 72°30′E / 41.000°N 72.500°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kyrgyzstan
41°0′N 76°50′E / 41.000°N 76.833°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
People's Republic of China
Xinjiang 41°0′N 77°30′E / 41.000°N 77.500°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Kyrgyzstan
For about 7 km (4 mi) 41°0′N 77°35′E / 41.000°N 77.583°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
People's Republic of China
Xinjiang
Gansu
Inner Mongolia — passing about 20 km (12 mi) north of Hohhot
Hebei — passing about 5 km (3 mi) north of Chengde
Beijing - for about 7 km (4 mi)
Hebei
Liaoning
Jilin41°0′N 126°5′E / 41.000°N 126.083°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
North Korea
Jagang Province
Yanggang Province
Passing Through Kaema Plateau
South Hamgyeong Province - Heocheon, Dancheon
North Hamgyeong Province41°0′N 129°43′E / 41.000°N 129.717°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Sea of Japan 41°0′N 140°19′E / 41.000°N 140.317°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Japan
Aomori Prefecture - Tsugaru Peninsula 41°0′N 140°45′E / 41.000°N 140.750°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Aomori Bay 41°0′N 140°54′E / 41.000°N 140.900°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Japan
Natsudomari Peninsula - Aomori Prefecture 41°0′N 141°06′E / 41.000°N 141.100°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Mutsu Bay 41°0′N 141°19′E / 41.000°N 141.317°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Japan
Shimokita Peninsula - Aomori Prefecture 41°0′N 141°23′E / 41.000°N 141.383°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Pacific Ocean 41°0′N 124°7′W / 41.000°N 124.117°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
United States
California
Nevada - passing just north of Winnemucca
Utah
Wyoming / Utah border
Wyoming / Colorado border
Nebraska / Colorado border
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio - southern boundary of Connecticut Western Reserve
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York - Passing througt of Yonkers, White Plains
Connecticut41°0′N 73°39′W / 41.000°N 73.650°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Long Island Sound 41°0′N 72°35′W / 41.000°N 72.583°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
United States
New York - Long Island 41°0′N 72°0′W / 41.000°N 72.000°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Atlantic Ocean 41°0′N 8°39′W / 41.000°N 8.650°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Portugal
Passing about 20 km (12 mi) south of Porto 41°0′N 6°54′W / 41.000°N 6.900°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Spain
Passing just north of Salamanca
United States
In the United States, the parallel defines the southernmost border of Wyoming (bordering Utah and Colorado), and part of the border between Nebraska and Colorado.
In 1606, King James I of England created the Colony of Virginia. In the First Virginia Charter, he gave the London Company the right to "begin their Plantation and Habitation in some fit and convenient place between four and thirty and one and forty degrees of the said latitude all alongst the coast of Virginia and coasts of America." The Jamestown Settlement was established roughly at the midpoint of that territory. The later Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony) settlers were originally bound for the northern portion of the Virginia territory. Instead, they landed north of the 41st parallel on Cape Cod, where they had exclusive rights to the land under the charter for the Plymouth Colony.[2]
As originally set by King Charles II of England in 1664, the point at which the 41st parallel crosses the Hudson River marks the northeastern border between New Jersey and New York. This border then proceeds northwest to the Tri-States Monument at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers.[3]
The 41st parallel was also one of the principal baselines used for surveying a portion of lands in Ohio. This marked the southern boundary of the Connecticut Western Reserve and the Firelands using the western boundary with Pennsylvania as the principal meridian. It also served as the baseline for a later survey of Ohio land north of the Greenville Treaty line up to the Fulton line which was the original boundary between Michigan and Ohio under the Northwest Ordinance (see the Toledo Strip). The later survey used the boundary with Indiana as the meridian.
The Union Pacific Railroad built along the 41st parallel for much of its length when building the first transcontinental railroad.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Boundaries and Charters of Virginia".
- ↑ Graff, Bill (Summer 2006). "Sentinels at the Northern Border" (PDF). Unearthing New Jersey Vol. 2, No. 2. New Jersey Geological Survey.
- ↑ Goetzmann, William H. (1959). Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. pp. 286–287. Search this book on
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