Around The World
Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 41° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 41°0′N 0°0′E / 41°N 0°E / 41; 0 (Prime Meridian) Spain 41°0′N 0°56′E / 41°N 0.933°E / 41; 0.933 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 41°0′N 8°13′E / 41°N 8.217°E / 41; 8.217 (Italy) Italy Island of Asinara 41°0′N 8°16′E / 41°N 8.267°E / 41; 8.267 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Asinara 41°0′N 8°52′E / 41°N 8.867°E / 41; 8.867 (Italy) Italy Island of Sardinia 41°0′N 9°39′E / 41°N 9.65°E / 41; 9.65 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the Pontine Islands, Italy 41°0′N 13°57′E / 41°N 13.95°E / 41; 13.95 (Italy) Italy 41°0′N 17°12′E / 41°N 17.2°E / 41; 17.2 (Adriatic Sea) Adriatic Sea 41°0′N 19°28′E / 41°N 19.467°E / 41; 19.467 (Albania) Albania The border with Macedonia is in Lake Ohrid 41°0′N 20°42′E / 41°N 20.7°E / 41; 20.7 (Macedonia) Macedonia 41°0′N 21°51′E / 41°N 21.85°E / 41; 21.85 (Greece) Greece 41°0′N 26°20′E / 41°N 26.333°E / 41; 26.333 (Turkey) Turkey Passing through the Sea of Marmara, and through Istanbul 41°0′N 37°52′E / 41°N 37.867°E / 41; 37.867 (Black Sea) Black Sea 41°0′N 38°47′E / 41°N 38.783°E / 41; 38.783 (Turkey) Turkey 41°0′N 39°46′E / 41°N 39.767°E / 41; 39.767 (Black Sea) Black Sea 41°0′N 40°20′E / 41°N 40.333°E / 41; 40.333 (Turkey) Turkey 41°0′N 43°32′E / 41°N 43.533°E / 41; 43.533 (Armenia) Armenia 41°0′N 45°10′E / 41°N 45.167°E / 41; 45.167 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Barkhudali exclave 41°0′N 45°13′E / 41°N 45.217°E / 41; 45.217 (Armenia) Armenia 41°0′N 45°24′E / 41°N 45.4°E / 41; 45.4 (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan 41°0′N 49°13′E / 41°N 49.217°E / 41; 49.217 (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea 41°0′N 52°57′E / 41°N 52.95°E / 41; 52.95 (Turkmenistan) Turkmenistan 41°0′N 61°58′E / 41°N 61.967°E / 41; 61.967 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan 41°0′N 68°4′E / 41°N 68.067°E / 41; 68.067 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan 41°0′N 68°31′E / 41°N 68.517°E / 41; 68.517 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan For about 7km 41°0′N 68°36′E / 41°N 68.6°E / 41; 68.6 (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan For about 12km 41°0′N 68°45′E / 41°N 68.75°E / 41; 68.75 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan 41°0′N 70°24′E / 41°N 70.4°E / 41; 70.4 (Tajikistan) Tajikistan For about 10km 41°0′N 70°31′E / 41°N 70.517°E / 41; 70.517 (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan 41°0′N 72°30′E / 41°N 72.5°E / 41; 72.5 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 41°0′N 76°50′E / 41°N 76.833°E / 41; 76.833 (China) People's Republic of China Xinjiang 41°0′N 77°30′E / 41°N 77.5°E / 41; 77.5 (Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan For about 7km 41°0′N 77°35′E / 41°N 77.583°E / 41; 77.583 (China) People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Gansu
Inner Mongolia — passing about 20 km north of Hohhot
Hebei
Beijing - for about 7 km
Hebei
Liaoning
Jilin41°0′N 126°5′E / 41°N 126.083°E / 41; 126.083 (North Korea) North Korea 41°0′N 129°43′E / 41°N 129.717°E / 41; 129.717 (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 41°0′N 140°19′E / 41°N 140.317°E / 41; 140.317 (Japan) Japan Island of Honshū
— Aomori Prefecture41°0′N 141°23′E / 41°N 141.383°E / 41; 141.383 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 41°0′N 124°7′W / 41°N 124.117°W / 41; -124.117 (United States) United States California
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming / Utah border
Wyoming / Colorado border
Nebraska / Colorado border
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut - for about 1km41°0′N 73°39′W / 41°N 73.65°W / 41; -73.65 (Long Island Sound) Long Island Sound 41°0′N 72°35′W / 41°N 72.583°W / 41; -72.583 (United States) United States New York - Long Island 41°0′N 72°0′W / 41°N 72°W / 41; -72 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 41°0′N 8°39′W / 41°N 8.65°W / 41; -8.65 (Portugal) Portugal 41°0′N 6°54′W / 41°N 6.9°W / 41; -6.9 (Spain) Spain
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