Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 40° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 40°0′N 0°0′E / 40°N 0°E / 40; 0 (Prime Meridian) Spain Valencian Community 40°0′N 0°2′E / 40°N 0.033°E / 40; 0.033 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of the island of Majorca, Spain 40°0′N 3°48′E / 40°N 3.8°E / 40; 3.8 (Spain) Spain Island of Minorca 40°0′N 4°13′E / 40°N 4.217°E / 40; 4.217 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 40°0′N 8°24′E / 40°N 8.4°E / 40; 8.4 (Italy) Italy Island of Sardinia 40°0′N 9°42′E / 40°N 9.7°E / 40; 9.7 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea 40°0′N 15°20′E / 40°N 15.333°E / 40; 15.333 (Italy) Italy 40°0′N 15°26′E / 40°N 15.433°E / 40; 15.433 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Policastro 40°0′N 15°41′E / 40°N 15.683°E / 40; 15.683 (Italy) Italy 40°0′N 16°37′E / 40°N 16.617°E / 40; 16.617 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Taranto 40°0′N 18°0′E / 40°N 18°E / 40; 18 (Italy) Italy 40°0′N 18°25′E / 40°N 18.417°E / 40; 18.417 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Strait of Otranto 40°0′N 19°53′E / 40°N 19.883°E / 40; 19.883 (Albania) Albania 40°0′N 20°23′E / 40°N 20.383°E / 40; 20.383 (Greece) Greece 40°0′N 22°37′E / 40°N 22.617°E / 40; 22.617 (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea 40°0′N 23°23′E / 40°N 23.383°E / 40; 23.383 (Greece) Greece Kassandra and Sithonia 40°0′N 24°0′E / 40°N 24°E / 40; 24 (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea 40°0′N 25°6′E / 40°N 25.1°E / 40; 25.1 (Greece) Greece Island of Lemnos 40°0′N 25°26′E / 40°N 25.433°E / 40; 25.433 (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea 40°0′N 26°11′E / 40°N 26.183°E / 40; 26.183 (Turkey) Turkey Passing just north of Ankara 40°0′N 44°24′E / 40°N 44.4°E / 40; 44.4 (Armenia) Armenia 40°0′N 45°36′E / 40°N 45.6°E / 40; 45.6 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Passing through Nagorno-Karabakh 40°0′N 49°27′E / 40°N 49.45°E / 40; 49.45 (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea 40°0′N 52°46′E / 40°N 52.767°E / 40; 52.767 (Turkmenistan) Turkmenistan 40°0′N 62°26′E / 40°N 62.433°E / 40; 62.433 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan 40°0′N 68°48′E / 40°N 68.8°E / 40; 68.8 (Tajikistan) Tajikistan 40°0′N 69°31′E / 40°N 69.517°E / 40; 69.517 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40°0′N 70°32′E / 40°N 70.533°E / 40; 70.533 (Tajikistan) Tajikistan For about 9 km 40°0′N 70°39′E / 40°N 70.65°E / 40; 70.65 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40°0′N 71°5′E / 40°N 71.083°E / 40; 71.083 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan Sokh exclave - for about 7 km 40°0′N 71°10′E / 40°N 71.167°E / 40; 71.167 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40°0′N 71°48′E / 40°N 71.8°E / 40; 71.8 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan Shohimardon exclave - for about 4 km 40°0′N 71°50′E / 40°N 71.833°E / 40; 71.833 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 40°0′N 73°58′E / 40°N 73.967°E / 40; 73.967 (China) People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Gansu
Inner Mongolia
Shanxi
Hebei
Beijing (passing just north of the city centre)
Hebei
Tianjin
Hebei
Liaoning (for about 8 km)40°0′N 119°54′E / 40°N 119.9°E / 40; 119.9 (Yellow Sea) Yellow Sea Liaodong Bay 40°0′N 121°53′E / 40°N 121.883°E / 40; 121.883 (China) People's Republic of China Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula) 40°0′N 124°21′E / 40°N 124.35°E / 40; 124.35 (North Korea) North Korea 40°0′N 127°57′E / 40°N 127.95°E / 40; 127.95 (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 40°0′N 128°10′E / 40°N 128.167°E / 40; 128.167 (North Korea) North Korea Mayang Island 40°0′N 128°13′E / 40°N 128.217°E / 40; 128.217 (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 40°0′N 139°54′E / 40°N 139.9°E / 40; 139.9 (Japan) Japan Island of Honshū
— Akita Prefecture
— Iwate Prefecture40°0′N 141°57′E / 40°N 141.95°E / 40; 141.95 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 40°0′N 124°1′W / 40°N 124.017°W / 40; -124.017 (United States) United States California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska / Kansas border
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey40°0′N 74°3′W / 40°N 74.05°W / 40; -74.05 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just north of Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal 40°0′N 8°55′W / 40°N 8.917°W / 40; -8.917 (Portugal) Portugal 40°0′N 6°51′W / 40°N 6.85°W / 40; -6.85 (Spain) Spain Extremadura
Castile-La Mancha
Community of Madrid - for about 10 km
Castile-La Mancha
Valencian Community - Rincón de Ademuz exclave, for about 4 km
Castile-La Mancha - for about 5 km
Aragon
Valencian Community
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