37th Parallel North - Around The World

Around The World

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 37° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
37°0′N 0°0′E / 37°N 0°E / 37; 0 (Prime Meridian)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 6°15′E / 37°N 6.25°E / 37; 6.25 (Algeria)	Algeria
37°0′N 6°34′E / 37°N 6.567°E / 37; 6.567 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 7°15′E / 37°N 7.25°E / 37; 7.25 (Algeria)	Algeria
37°0′N 7°33′E / 37°N 7.55°E / 37; 7.55 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 8°52′E / 37°N 8.867°E / 37; 8.867 (Tunisia)	Tunisia
37°0′N 10°11′E / 37°N 10.183°E / 37; 10.183 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Gulf of Tunis
37°0′N 10°53′E / 37°N 10.883°E / 37; 10.883 (Tunisia)	Tunisia	Cap Bon
37°0′N 11°4′E / 37°N 11.067°E / 37; 11.067 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Strait of Sicily, passing just north of the island of Pantelleria, Italy
37°0′N 14°20′E / 37°N 14.333°E / 37; 14.333 (Italy)	Italy	Island of Sicily — Province of Ragusa — Province of Siracusa
37°0′N 15°16′E / 37°N 15.267°E / 37; 15.267 (Ionian Sea)	Ionian Sea
37°0′N 21°39′E / 37°N 21.65°E / 37; 21.65 (Greece)	Greece	Peloponnese (Messenia)
37°0′N 21°57′E / 37°N 21.95°E / 37; 21.95 (Ionian Sea)	Ionian Sea	Messenian Gulf
37°0′N 22°09′E / 37°N 22.15°E / 37; 22.15 (Greece)	Greece	Peloponnese — Messenia — Laconia
37°0′N 23°0′E / 37°N 23°E / 37; 23 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea	Myrtoan Sea
37°0′N 24°40′E / 37°N 24.667°E / 37; 24.667 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Sifnos
37°0′N 24°44′E / 37°N 24.733°E / 37; 24.733 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°1′E / 37°N 25.017°E / 37; 25.017 (Greece)	Greece	Islands of Antiparos and Paros
37°0′N 25°13′E / 37°N 25.217°E / 37; 25.217 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°23′E / 37°N 25.383°E / 37; 25.383 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Naxos
37°0′N 25°34′E / 37°N 25.567°E / 37; 25.567 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°26′E / 37°N 26.433°E / 37; 26.433 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Levitha
37°0′N 26°30′E / 37°N 26.5°E / 37; 26.5 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°55′E / 37°N 26.917°E / 37; 26.917 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Kalymnos
37°0′N 27°3′E / 37°N 27.05°E / 37; 27.05 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 27°15′E / 37°N 27.25°E / 37; 27.25 (Turkey)	Turkey
37°0′N 27°47′E / 37°N 27.783°E / 37; 27.783 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
37°0′N 28°13′E / 37°N 28.217°E / 37; 28.217 (Turkey)	Turkey
37°0′N 40°25′E / 37°N 40.417°E / 37; 40.417 (Syria)	Syria
37°0′N 42°18′E / 37°N 42.3°E / 37; 42.3 (Iraq)	Iraq
37°0′N 44°16′E / 37°N 44.267°E / 37; 44.267 (Turkey)	Turkey	For about 7 km
37°0′N 44°20′E / 37°N 44.333°E / 37; 44.333 (Iraq)	Iraq
37°0′N 44°54′E / 37°N 44.9°E / 37; 44.9 (Iran)	Iran
37°0′N 50°32′E / 37°N 50.533°E / 37; 50.533 (Caspian Sea)	Caspian Sea
37°0′N 54°0′E / 37°N 54°E / 37; 54 (Iran)	Iran
37°0′N 60°3′E / 37°N 60.05°E / 37; 60.05 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
37°0′N 64°47′E / 37°N 64.783°E / 37; 64.783 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 67°56′E / 37°N 67.933°E / 37; 67.933 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
37°0′N 68°10′E / 37°N 68.167°E / 37; 68.167 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 71°28′E / 37°N 71.467°E / 37; 71.467 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
37°0′N 72°28′E / 37°N 72.467°E / 37; 72.467 (Afghanistan)	Afghanistan
37°0′N 74°34′E / 37°N 74.567°E / 37; 74.567 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by India
37°0′N 74°50′E / 37°N 74.833°E / 37; 74.833 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang - for about 14 km
37°0′N 75°0′E / 37°N 75°E / 37; 75 (Pakistan)	Pakistan	Gilgit-Baltistan - for about 14 km, claimed by India
37°0′N 75°9′E / 37°N 75.15°E / 37; 75.15 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Ningxia Gansu Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Shandong
37°0′N 122°32′E / 37°N 122.533°E / 37; 122.533 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea
37°0′N 126°21′E / 37°N 126.35°E / 37; 126.35 (South Korea)	South Korea
37°0′N 129°25′E / 37°N 129.417°E / 37; 129.417 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
37°0′N 136°46′E / 37°N 136.767°E / 37; 136.767 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Ishikawa Prefecture
37°0′N 137°3′E / 37°N 137.05°E / 37; 137.05 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan	Toyama Bay
37°0′N 137°42′E / 37°N 137.7°E / 37; 137.7 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Niigata Prefecture — Nagano Prefecture — Niigata Prefecture — Gunma Prefecture − for around 10 km — Niigata Prefecture − for around 7 km — Fukushima Prefecture — Tochigi Prefecture — Ibaraki Prefecture — Fukushima Prefecture
37°0′N 140°59′E / 37°N 140.983°E / 37; 140.983 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
37°0′N 122°11′W / 37°N 122.183°W / 37; -122.183 (United States)	United States	California (landfall near Santa Cruz) Nevada Utah / Arizona border Colorado / New Mexico border Colorado / Oklahoma border Kansas / Oklahoma border Missouri Illinois (the area south of the parallel is only about 13 km²) Kentucky Virginia
37°0′N 76°18′W / 37°N 76.3°W / 37; -76.3 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 25°10′W / 37°N 25.167°W / 37; -25.167 (Portugal)	Portugal	Santa Maria Island in the Azores
37°0′N 25°3′W / 37°N 25.05°W / 37; -25.05 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 8°57′W / 37°N 8.95°W / 37; -8.95 (Portugal)	Portugal	Sagres Point
37°0′N 8°56′W / 37°N 8.933°W / 37; -8.933 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 7°59′W / 37°N 7.983°W / 37; -7.983 (Portugal)	Portugal	Cape Santa Maria
37°0′N 7°50′W / 37°N 7.833°W / 37; -7.833 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Cádiz
37°0′N 6°32′W / 37°N 6.533°W / 37; -6.533 (Spain)	Spain
37°0′N 1°53′W / 37°N 1.883°W / 37; -1.883 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea