37th parallel north facts for kids

The 37th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude, the sun can be seen for 14 hours, 42 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 37 minutes during the winter solstice. This is about the northern limit of the visibility of Canopus, the second-brightest star of the night sky.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 37° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
37°0′N 0°0′E / 37.000°N 0.000°E / 37.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 6°15′E / 37.000°N 6.250°E / 37.000; 6.250 (Algeria)	Algeria
37°0′N 6°34′E / 37.000°N 6.567°E / 37.000; 6.567 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 7°15′E / 37.000°N 7.250°E / 37.000; 7.250 (Algeria)	Algeria
37°0′N 7°33′E / 37.000°N 7.550°E / 37.000; 7.550 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 8°52′E / 37.000°N 8.867°E / 37.000; 8.867 (Tunisia)	Tunisia
37°0′N 10°11′E / 37.000°N 10.183°E / 37.000; 10.183 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Tunis
37°0′N 10°53′E / 37.000°N 10.883°E / 37.000; 10.883 (Tunisia)	Tunisia	Cap Bon
37°0′N 11°4′E / 37.000°N 11.067°E / 37.000; 11.067 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Strait of Sicily, passing just north of the island of Pantelleria,  Italy
37°0′N 14°20′E / 37.000°N 14.333°E / 37.000; 14.333 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Sicily — Province of Ragusa — Province of Siracusa
37°0′N 15°16′E / 37.000°N 15.267°E / 37.000; 15.267 (Ionian Sea)	Ionian Sea
37°0′N 21°39′E / 37.000°N 21.650°E / 37.000; 21.650 (Greece)	Greece	Peloponnese (Messenia)
37°0′N 21°57′E / 37.000°N 21.950°E / 37.000; 21.950 (Ionian Sea)	Ionian Sea	Messenian Gulf
37°0′N 22°09′E / 37.000°N 22.150°E / 37.000; 22.150 (Greece)	Greece	Peloponnese — Messenia — Laconia
37°0′N 23°0′E / 37.000°N 23.000°E / 37.000; 23.000 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea	Myrtoan Sea
37°0′N 24°40′E / 37.000°N 24.667°E / 37.000; 24.667 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Sifnos
37°0′N 24°44′E / 37.000°N 24.733°E / 37.000; 24.733 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°1′E / 37.000°N 25.017°E / 37.000; 25.017 (Greece)	Greece	Islands of Antiparos and Paros
37°0′N 25°13′E / 37.000°N 25.217°E / 37.000; 25.217 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°23′E / 37.000°N 25.383°E / 37.000; 25.383 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Naxos
37°0′N 25°34′E / 37.000°N 25.567°E / 37.000; 25.567 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°26′E / 37.000°N 26.433°E / 37.000; 26.433 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Levitha
37°0′N 26°30′E / 37.000°N 26.500°E / 37.000; 26.500 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°55′E / 37.000°N 26.917°E / 37.000; 26.917 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Kalymnos
37°0′N 27°3′E / 37.000°N 27.050°E / 37.000; 27.050 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 27°15′E / 37.000°N 27.250°E / 37.000; 27.250 (Turkey)	Turkey
37°0′N 27°47′E / 37.000°N 27.783°E / 37.000; 27.783 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 28°13′E / 37.000°N 28.217°E / 37.000; 28.217 (Turkey)	Turkey	Passing through Adana and Nizip
37°0′N 40°25′E / 37.000°N 40.417°E / 37.000; 40.417 (Syria)	Syria
37°0′N 42°18′E / 37.000°N 42.300°E / 37.000; 42.300 (Iraq)	Iraq
37°0′N 44°16′E / 37.000°N 44.267°E / 37.000; 44.267 (Turkey)	Turkey	Şemdinli district (For about 7 km)
37°0′N 44°20′E / 37.000°N 44.333°E / 37.000; 44.333 (Iraq)	Iraq
37°0′N 44°54′E / 37.000°N 44.900°E / 37.000; 44.900 (Iran)	Iran
37°0′N 50°32′E / 37.000°N 50.533°E / 37.000; 50.533 (Caspian Sea)	Caspian Sea
37°0′N 54°0′E / 37.000°N 54.000°E / 37.000; 54.000 (Iran)	Iran
37°0′N 60°3′E / 37.000°N 60.050°E / 37.000; 60.050 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
37°0′N 64°47′E / 37.000°N 64.783°E / 37.000; 64.783 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 67°56′E / 37.000°N 67.933°E / 37.000; 67.933 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
37°0′N 68°10′E / 37.000°N 68.167°E / 37.000; 68.167 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 71°28′E / 37.000°N 71.467°E / 37.000; 71.467 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
37°0′N 72°28′E / 37.000°N 72.467°E / 37.000; 72.467 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 74°34′E / 37.000°N 74.567°E / 37.000; 74.567 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by  India
37°0′N 74°50′E / 37.000°N 74.833°E / 37.000; 74.833 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang - for about 14 km
37°0′N 75°0′E / 37.000°N 75.000°E / 37.000; 75.000 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Gilgit-Baltistan - for about 14 km, claimed by  India
37°0′N 75°9′E / 37.000°N 75.150°E / 37.000; 75.150 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Ningxia Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Shandong
37°0′N 122°32′E / 37.000°N 122.533°E / 37.000; 122.533 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea
37°0′N 126°20′E / 37.000°N 126.333°E / 37.000; 126.333 (South Korea)	South Korea	South Chungcheong Province Gyeonggi Province North Chungcheong Province North Gyeongsang Province
37°0′N 129°25′E / 37.000°N 129.417°E / 37.000; 129.417 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
37°0′N 136°46′E / 37.000°N 136.767°E / 37.000; 136.767 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Ishikawa Prefecture
37°0′N 137°3′E / 37.000°N 137.050°E / 37.000; 137.050 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan	Toyama Bay
37°0′N 137°42′E / 37.000°N 137.700°E / 37.000; 137.700 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Niigata Prefecture — Nagano Prefecture — Niigata Prefecture — Gunma Prefecture − for around 10 km — Niigata Prefecture − for around 7 km — Fukushima Prefecture — Tochigi Prefecture — Ibaraki Prefecture — Fukushima Prefecture
37°0′N 140°59′E / 37.000°N 140.983°E / 37.000; 140.983 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
37°0′N 122°11′W / 37.000°N 122.183°W / 37.000; -122.183 (United States)	United States	California (landfall near Santa Cruz) Nevada Utah / Arizona border Colorado / New Mexico border Colorado / Oklahoma border Kansas / Oklahoma border Missouri Illinois (at its southernmost point) Kentucky Virginia - passing through Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (specifically, the bridge between the two tunnels)
37°0′N 76°18′W / 37.000°N 76.300°W / 37.000; -76.300 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 25°10′W / 37.000°N 25.167°W / 37.000; -25.167 (Portugal)	Portugal	Santa Maria Island in the Azores
37°0′N 25°3′W / 37.000°N 25.050°W / 37.000; -25.050 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 8°57′W / 37.000°N 8.950°W / 37.000; -8.950 (Portugal)	Portugal	Sagres Point
37°0′N 8°56′W / 37.000°N 8.933°W / 37.000; -8.933 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 7°59′W / 37.000°N 7.983°W / 37.000; -7.983 (Portugal)	Portugal	Cape Santa Maria
37°0′N 7°50′W / 37.000°N 7.833°W / 37.000; -7.833 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Cádiz
37°0′N 6°32′W / 37.000°N 6.533°W / 37.000; -6.533 (Spain)	Spain
37°0′N 1°53′W / 37.000°N 1.883°W / 37.000; -1.883 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea

United States

The 37th parallel defining borders between states in the United States.

In the United States, the parallel is the southern borders of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, and the northern borders of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The border comes from the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 when Congress divided Indian Territory into Kansas and Nebraska north of the 37th parallel. They gave the rest to the Indian Territory to the south.