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 North Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

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33rd parallel north

In the United States, the 33rd parallel approximately defines the border between Arkansas and Louisiana.

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) as part of 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:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
33°0′N 0°0′E	Algeria
33°0′N 8°11′E	Tunisia
33°0′N 11°31′E	Libya
33°0′N 12°0′E	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just north of Tripoli,  Libya
33°0′N 35°5′E	Israel	Passing through Nahariya
33°0′N 35°38′E	Golan Heights	Territory controlled by  Israel, claimed by  Syria – passing through the northern edge of Katzrin
33°0′N 35°52′E	UNDOF buffer zone	About 500 m
33°0′N 35°53′E	Syria
33°0′N 38°5′E	Jordan
33°0′N 39°3′E	Iraq
33°0′N 46°6′E	Iran
33°0′N 60°38′E	Afghanistan
33°0′N 69°30′E	Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Azad Kashmir – claimed by  India
33°0′N 74°21′E	India	Jammu and Kashmir – claimed by  Pakistan Ladakh – claimed by  Pakistan Himachal Pradesh
33°0′N 79°14′E	Aksai Chin	Disputed between  India and  People's Republic of China
33°0′N 79°21′E	People's Republic of China	Tibet Qinghai Sichuan Qinghai Sichuan Gansu Shaanxi Hubei Henan Anhui Jiangsu Anhui (for about 12 km) Jiangsu
33°0′N 120°47′E	East China Sea	Passing just south of the island of Marado,  South Korea
33°0′N 129°2′E	Japan	Island of Nakadōri: — Nagasaki Prefecture Island of Kyūshū: — Nagasaki Prefecture — Saga Prefecture — Kumamoto Prefecture — Ōita Prefecture Island of Shikoku: — Ehime Prefecture — Kōchi Prefecture
33°0′N 133°1′E	Pacific Ocean
33°0′N 118°35′W	United States	California – San Clemente Island
33°0′N 118°33′W	Pacific Ocean
33°0′N 117°17′W	United States	California – passing through Solana Beach and just north of Brawley Arizona – passing through Casa Grande Ruins National Monument New Mexico Texas – passing through the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Louisiana – passing just south of the border with Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia – passing through LaGrange and Louisville South Carolina – passing through Goose Creek
33°0′N 79°28′W	Atlantic Ocean
33°0′N 16°23′W	Portugal	Cal Islet, just south of Porto Santo Island, Madeira
33°0′N 16°22′W	Atlantic Ocean
33°0′N 8°45′W	Morocco	Passing through Settat
33°0′N 1°28′W	Algeria

See also

• 32nd parallel north
• 34th parallel north

References

1. "Containment: The Iraqi no-fly zones". BBC News. 29 December 1998. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
2. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php