39th parallel north

39th parallel north

The 39th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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

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United States

The parallel 39° north formed the original southern boundary of the British Colony of Pennsylvania. However, a previous royal grant had given the land south of the parallel 40° north to the British Colony of Maryland. The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn between 1763 and 1767 as the compromise boundary between the overlapping claims of these two colonies.

The parallel cuts through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland.


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