39th Parallel North - Around The World

Around The World

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 39° north passes through:

Co-ordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes
39°0′N 0°0′E / 39°N 0°E / 39; 0 (Prime Meridian)	Mediterranean Sea
39°0′N 1°17′E / 39°N 1.283°E / 39; 1.283 (Spain)	Spain	Island of Ibiza
39°0′N 1°35′E / 39°N 1.583°E / 39; 1.583 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Passing just south of the island of Cabrera, Spain
39°0′N 8°23′E / 39°N 8.383°E / 39; 8.383 (Italy)	Italy	Islands of Sant'Antioco and Sardinia
39°0′N 9°1′E / 39°N 9.017°E / 39; 9.017 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the island of Stromboli, Italy
39°0′N 16°8′E / 39°N 16.133°E / 39; 16.133 (Italy)	Italy
39°0′N 17°10′E / 39°N 17.167°E / 39; 17.167 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea	Ionian Sea
39°0′N 20°42′E / 39°N 20.7°E / 39; 20.7 (Greece)	Greece	Mainland and island of Euboea
39°0′N 23°22′E / 39°N 23.367°E / 39; 23.367 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea	Passing just north of the island of Skyros, Greece
39°0′N 26°17′E / 39°N 26.283°E / 39; 26.283 (Greece)	Greece	Island of Lesbos
39°0′N 26°32′E / 39°N 26.533°E / 39; 26.533 (Aegean Sea)	Aegean Sea
39°0′N 26°48′E / 39°N 26.8°E / 39; 26.8 (Turkey)	Turkey
39°0′N 44°11′E / 39°N 44.183°E / 39; 44.183 (Iran)	Iran
39°0′N 45°26′E / 39°N 45.433°E / 39; 45.433 (Azerbaijan)	Azerbaijan	Nakhchivan exclave
39°0′N 46°6′E / 39°N 46.1°E / 39; 46.1 (Armenia)	Armenia
39°0′N 46°31′E / 39°N 46.517°E / 39; 46.517 (Azerbaijan)	Azerbaijan
39°0′N 46°41′E / 39°N 46.683°E / 39; 46.683 (Iran)	Iran
39°0′N 48°21′E / 39°N 48.35°E / 39; 48.35 (Azerbaijan)	Azerbaijan
39°0′N 49°11′E / 39°N 49.183°E / 39; 49.183 (Caspian Sea)	Caspian Sea
39°0′N 53°2′E / 39°N 53.033°E / 39; 53.033 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan	Island of Ogurja Ada
39°0′N 53°3′E / 39°N 53.05°E / 39; 53.05 (Caspian Sea)	Caspian Sea
39°0′N 53°53′E / 39°N 53.883°E / 39; 53.883 (Turkmenistan)	Turkmenistan
39°0′N 64°6′E / 39°N 64.1°E / 39; 64.1 (Uzbekistan)	Uzbekistan
39°0′N 68°7′E / 39°N 68.117°E / 39; 68.117 (Tajikistan)	Tajikistan
39°0′N 73°49′E / 39°N 73.817°E / 39; 73.817 (China)	People's Republic of China	Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Qinghai Gansu Qinghai (for about 7 km) Gansu (for about 30 km) Qinghai (for about 17 km) Gansu Inner Mongolia (for about 16 km) Gansu (for about 6 km) Inner Mongolia Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Tianjin (just south of the city centre)
39°0′N 117°46′E / 39°N 117.767°E / 39; 117.767 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea	Bohai Gulf
39°0′N 121°19′E / 39°N 121.317°E / 39; 121.317 (China)	People's Republic of China	Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula) — passing just north of Dalian
39°0′N 121°51′E / 39°N 121.85°E / 39; 121.85 (Yellow Sea)	Yellow Sea	Passing just south of Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island
39°0′N 125°12′E / 39°N 125.2°E / 39; 125.2 (North Korea)	North Korea	Passing through Pyongyang
39°0′N 127°50′E / 39°N 127.833°E / 39; 127.833 (Sea of Japan)	Sea of Japan
39°0′N 139°51′E / 39°N 139.85°E / 39; 139.85 (Japan)	Japan	Island of Honshū: — Yamagata Prefecture — Akita Prefecture — Iwate Prefecture — Miyagi Prefecture − for about 1 km — Iwate Prefecture
39°0′N 141°44′E / 39°N 141.733°E / 39; 141.733 (Pacific Ocean)	Pacific Ocean
39°0′N 123°42′W / 39°N 123.7°W / 39; -123.7 (United States)	United States	California Nevada Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio West Virginia Virginia Maryland - cutting through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Delaware
39°0′N 75°20′W / 39°N 75.333°W / 39; -75.333 (Delaware Bay)	Delaware Bay
39°0′N 74°57′W / 39°N 74.95°W / 39; -74.95 (United States)	United States	New Jersey
39°0′N 74°47′W / 39°N 74.783°W / 39; -74.783 (Atlantic Ocean)	Atlantic Ocean	Passing between the islands of Graciosa (almost crossing its southern tip) and São Jorge, Azores, Portugal
39°0′N 9°25′W / 39°N 9.417°W / 39; -9.417 (Portugal)	Portugal
39°0′N 6°58′W / 39°N 6.967°W / 39; -6.967 (Spain)	Spain
39°0′N 0°9′W / 39°N 0.15°W / 39; -0.15 (Mediterranean Sea)	Mediterranean Sea