Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 31° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 31°0′N 0°0′E / 31.000°N 0.000°E / 31.000; 0.000 (Prime Meridian) Algeria 31°0′N 9°22′E / 31.000°N 9.367°E / 31.000; 9.367 (Tunisia) Tunisia 31°0′N 10°17′E / 31.000°N 10.283°E / 31.000; 10.283 (Libya) Libya 31°0′N 17°33′E / 31.000°N 17.550°E / 31.000; 17.550 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Sidra 31°0′N 20°8′E / 31.000°N 20.133°E / 31.000; 20.133 (Libya) Libya 31°0′N 24°56′E / 31.000°N 24.933°E / 31.000; 24.933 (Egypt) Egypt 31°0′N 28°43′E / 31.000°N 28.717°E / 31.000; 28.717 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea 31°0′N 29°35′E / 31.000°N 29.583°E / 31.000; 29.583 (Egypt) Egypt 31°0′N 34°21′E / 31.000°N 34.350°E / 31.000; 34.350 (Israel) Israel 31°0′N 35°24′E / 31.000°N 35.400°E / 31.000; 35.400 (Jordan) Jordan 31°0′N 37°30′E / 31.000°N 37.500°E / 31.000; 37.500 (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia 31°0′N 42°14′E / 31.000°N 42.233°E / 31.000; 42.233 (Iraq) Iraq 31°0′N 47°42′E / 31.000°N 47.700°E / 31.000; 47.700 (Iran / Iraq border) Iran / Iraq border 31°0′N 48°1′E / 31.000°N 48.017°E / 31.000; 48.017 (Iran) Iran 31°0′N 61°50′E / 31.000°N 61.833°E / 31.000; 61.833 (Afghanistan) Afghanistan 31°0′N 66°35′E / 31.000°N 66.583°E / 31.000; 66.583 (Pakistan) Pakistan Balochistan
Punjab31°0′N 74°33′E / 31.000°N 74.550°E / 31.000; 74.550 (India) India Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand31°0′N 79°32′E / 31.000°N 79.533°E / 31.000; 79.533 (China) People's Republic of China Tibet
Sichuan
Chongqing
Hubei
Anhui
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Zhejiang - for about 5 km
Jiangsu - for about 5 km
Zhejiang - for about 11 km
Shanghai31°0′N 121°53′E / 31.000°N 121.883°E / 31.000; 121.883 (East China Sea) East China Sea 31°0′N 130°39′E / 31.000°N 130.650°E / 31.000; 130.650 (Japan) Japan Cape Sata, the southernmost point of the island of Kyūshū 31°0′N 130°41′E / 31.000°N 130.683°E / 31.000; 130.683 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 31°0′N 116°20′W / 31.000°N 116.333°W / 31.000; -116.333 (Mexico) Mexico Baja California peninsula 31°0′N 114°50′W / 31.000°N 114.833°W / 31.000; -114.833 (Gulf of California) Gulf of California 31°0′N 113°6′W / 31.000°N 113.100°W / 31.000; -113.100 (Mexico) Mexico 31°0′N 105°33′W / 31.000°N 105.550°W / 31.000; -105.550 (United States) United States Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi / Louisiana border
Mississippi
Alabama
Alabama / Florida border
Georgia31°0′N 81°28′W / 31.000°N 81.467°W / 31.000; -81.467 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 31°0′N 9°49′W / 31.000°N 9.817°W / 31.000; -9.817 (Morocco) Morocco 31°0′N 3°33′W / 31.000°N 3.550°W / 31.000; -3.550 (Algeria) Algeria
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