An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
1The forty-second parallel of latitude crossed the Hudson near Red Hook and Saugerties.
2They were, for example, established almost precisely on the fifty-third parallel of latitude.
3The Mediterranean countries of Europe lie on the same parallel of latitude as Japan.
4We passed the seventy-fifth parallel of latitude on July 4th.
5The two cities are on the 40th parallel of latitude.
6The Equator marked the zero-degree parallel of latitude for Ptolemy.
7Then beyond this parallel of latitude comes the 'tree limit'-
8Both hills are in the same parallel of latitude.
9The Californian vulture has been seen as far north as the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude.
10Very few athletes, we are told, come from south of the fortieth parallel of latitude.
11He had himself been to Spitzbergen, and as far north as the 80th parallel of latitude.
12The Mantatees came from the west side of the mountains, in about the same parallel of latitude.
13Fifty-four Forty was the imaginary line or parallel of latitude on the north of the disputed territory.
14In that case, every parallel of latitude would have been isothermal, or of equal mean annual temperature.
15Peking, for instance, stands on the same parallel of latitude as Madrid; whereas Canton coincides similarly with Calcutta.
16A loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics.
Translations for parallel of latitude