36th Parallel North - Around The World

Around The World

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 36° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
36°0′N 0°0′E / 36°N 0°E / 36; 0 (Prime Meridian)	Mediterranean Sea
36°0′N 0°7′E / 36°N 0.117°E / 36; 0.117 (Algeria)	Algeria
36°0′N 8°18′E / 36°N 8.3°E / 36; 8.3 (Tunisia)	Tunisia
36°0′N 10°31′E / 36°N 10.517°E / 36; 10.517 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Linosa, Italy Passing between the islands of Comino and Malta, Malta
36°0′N 23°10′E / 36°N 23.167°E / 36; 23.167 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea	Passing between the islands of Kythira and Antikythera, Greece Passing just north of Saria Island, Greece
36°0′N 27°45′E / 36°N 27.75°E / 36; 27.75 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Rhodes
36°0′N 27°55′E / 36°N 27.917°E / 36; 27.917 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
36°0′N 35°59′E / 36°N 35.983°E / 36; 35.983 (Turkey)	Turkey	Hatay Province
36°0′N 36°22′E / 36°N 36.367°E / 36; 36.367 (Syria)	Syria
36°0′N 41°17′E / 36°N 41.283°E / 36; 41.283 (Iraq)	Iraq
36°0′N 45°21′E / 36°N 45.35°E / 36; 45.35 (Iran)	Iran
36°0′N 61°10′E / 36°N 61.167°E / 36; 61.167 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
36°0′N 63°49′E / 36°N 63.817°E / 36; 63.817 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
36°0′N 71°15′E / 36°N 71.25°E / 36; 71.25 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by India
36°0′N 76°6′E / 36°N 76.1°E / 36; 76.1 (Shaksgam Valley)	Shaksgam Valley	Area administered by People's Republic of China, claimed by India
36°0′N 76°48′E / 36°N 76.8°E / 36; 76.8 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Tibet Qinghai Gansu — passing just south of Lanzhou Ningxia Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Henan Shandong Henan (for about 15 km) Shandong — passing just south of Qingdao
36°0′N 120°18′E / 36°N 120.3°E / 36; 120.3 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea
36°0′N 126°42′E / 36°N 126.7°E / 36; 126.7 (South Korea)	South Korea
36°0′N 129°35′E / 36°N 129.583°E / 36; 129.583 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
36°0′N 133°1′E / 36°N 133.017°E / 36; 133.017 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Chiburi-shima: — Shimane Prefecture
36°0′N 133°4′E / 36°N 133.067°E / 36; 133.067 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
36°0′N 135°58′E / 36°N 135.967°E / 36; 135.967 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Fukui Prefecture — Gifu Prefecture — Nagano Prefecture — Gunma Prefecture − for about 4 km — Saitama Prefecture — Chiba Prefecture − for about 6 km — Ibaraki Prefecture
36°0′N 140°40′E / 36°N 140.667°E / 36; 140.667 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
36°0′N 121°30′W / 36°N 121.5°W / 36; -121.5 (United States)	United States	California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri / Arkansas border (approximate) Tennessee North Carolina (for about 14 km) Tennessee (for about 12 km) North Carolina
36°0′N 75°39′W / 36°N 75.65°W / 36; -75.65 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
36°0′N 5°50′W / 36°N 5.833°W / 36; -5.833 (Strait of Gibraltar)	Strait of Gibraltar	Passing a few metres south of Punta de Tarifa, Spain - the most southerly point of the European mainland
36°0′N 5°25′W / 36°N 5.417°W / 36; -5.417 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea