Around The World
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 33°0′N 0°0′E / 33°N 0°E / 33; 0 (Prime Meridian) Algeria 33°0′N 8°11′E / 33°N 8.183°E / 33; 8.183 (Tunisia) Tunisia 33°0′N 11°31′E / 33°N 11.517°E / 33; 11.517 (Libya) Libya 33°0′N 12°0′E / 33°N 12°E / 33; 12 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of Tripoli, Libya 33°0′N 35°5′E / 33°N 35.083°E / 33; 35.083 (Israel) Israel 33°0′N 35°37′E / 33°N 35.617°E / 33; 35.617 (Golan Heights) Golan Heights Territory controlled by Israel, claimed by Syria
UNDOF buffer zone33°0′N 35°53′E / 33°N 35.883°E / 33; 35.883 (Syria) Syria 33°0′N 38°5′E / 33°N 38.083°E / 33; 38.083 (Jordan) Jordan 33°0′N 39°3′E / 33°N 39.05°E / 33; 39.05 (Iraq) Iraq 33°0′N 46°6′E / 33°N 46.1°E / 33; 46.1 (Iran) Iran 33°0′N 60°38′E / 33°N 60.633°E / 33; 60.633 (Afghanistan) Afghanistan 33°0′N 69°30′E / 33°N 69.5°E / 33; 69.5 (Pakistan) Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Azad Kashmir - claimed by India33°0′N 74°21′E / 33°N 74.35°E / 33; 74.35 (India) India Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by Pakistan33°0′N 79°14′E / 33°N 79.233°E / 33; 79.233 (Aksai Chin) Aksai Chin Disputed between India and People's Republic of China 33°0′N 79°21′E / 33°N 79.35°E / 33; 79.35 (China) People's Republic of China Tibet
Qinghai
Sichuan
Qinghai
Sichuan
Gansu
Shaanxi
Hubei
Henan
Anhui
Jiangsu
Anhui (for about 12km)
Jiangsu33°0′N 120°47′E / 33°N 120.783°E / 33; 120.783 (East China Sea) East China Sea Passing just south of the island of Marado, South Korea 33°0′N 129°2′E / 33°N 129.033°E / 33; 129.033 (Japan) Japan Island of Nakadori:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
Island of Kyūshū:
— Nagasaki Prefecture
— Saga Prefecture
— Kumamoto Prefecture
— Ōita Prefecture
Island of Shikoku:
— Ehime Prefecture
— Kōchi Prefecture33°0′N 133°1′E / 33°N 133.017°E / 33; 133.017 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 33°0′N 118°35′W / 33°N 118.583°W / 33; -118.583 (United States) United States California - San Clemente Island 33°0′N 118°33′W / 33°N 118.55°W / 33; -118.55 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 33°0′N 117°17′W / 33°N 117.283°W / 33; -117.283 (United States) United States California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana - passing just south of the border with Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina33°0′N 79°28′W / 33°N 79.467°W / 33; -79.467 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 33°0′N 16°23′W / 33°N 16.383°W / 33; -16.383 (Portugal) Portugal Cal Islet, just south of Porto Santo Island, Madeira 33°0′N 16°22′W / 33°N 16.367°W / 33; -16.367 (Pacific Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 33°0′N 8°45′W / 33°N 8.75°W / 33; -8.75 (Morocco) Morocco 33°0′N 1°28′W / 33°N 1.467°W / 33; -1.467 (Algeria) Algeria
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